Posted on 08/31/2025 12:36:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump’s recent focus on urban crime presents a classic dilemma for Democrats.
If they point out that his lurid portrait of a violent epidemic is inaccurate, they risk turning off voters who agree with him on an emotional level. But if they go along with it, they risk legitimizing his power grab.
Trump and his Republican allies clearly hope to ride this issue all the way into next year’s midterms, so Democrats need to come up with a counteroffensive soon.
Fortunately for them, there is a group of Democrats who know exactly how to run — and win — while talking about fighting crime effectively: big-city mayors.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told me that they are in a much better position than members of Congress or other national Democratic leaders to push back against Trump on crime.
“They should be lifting us up and allowing us to be the folks that are pushing the message, instead of trying to do the same thing that they always do,” he said. “They don’t know anything about reducing crime and violence. They don’t have to do it. They don’t have to deal with it.”
Democrats don’t just win mayoral races in the U.S. these days; they dominate them. Twenty-one of the 25 biggest cities in the U.S. are run by Democrats.
In each of those races, they face a similar set of local issues: taxes, schools and crime.
On the national level, voters tend to trust Republicans more to fight crime, yet Democrats regularly win mayoral races on the issue. That’s because they take the issue seriously.
When crime happens, mayors are the first responders of politics. After a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school earlier this week, Mayor Jacob Frey...
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FAFO. President Trump isn’t screwing around here! :)
Counteroffensive to fighting crime? Defund.
“Democrats don’t just win mayoral races in the U.S. these days; they dominate them. Twenty-one of the 25 biggest cities in the U.S. are run by Democrats.”
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Only because of the large black and other minority population of these large cities.
Always count on the left to come down in the wrong side of 80/20 issues
Every one one of them needs to be deported back to the crapholes their ancestors crawled out of. Either that or put them in prison for aiding and abetting the criminal cartels in this country. They all are a bunch of two-bit Al Capone meatball wannabes.
So far this weekend in Chicago
35 shot, 5 dead
Seems they are pushing back on the wrong people
National Guard doesnt kill people
Street gangs and thugs kill people
As part of the Protecting Chicago Initiative, Mayor Johnson has reached out and garnered the support of a very effective, private, for-profit organization that has experience with controlling activities and enforcing tight security.
Mayor Johnson has embraced and welcomed the Tren De Aragua Neighborhood Watch. All public monies previously awarded for crime prevention and social work are to be redirected to this Neighborhood Watch.
All private funds are, or soon will be, held by Tren De Aragua.
Bullpuckey. They win because cities are full of greedy looters, moochers and bums. The rats promise free stuff. Crime always gets short shrift because most RATs ARE criminals. They are amoral and don’t want law and order.
Yeah, that would be Mayor McCheese cracking down on the Hamburglar.
If I did something wrong you should complain to the moderator and have me banned.
There's strong incentives to 'keep crime alive' in democrat hellhole cities... Ever wonder why the press doesn't look for them? Or even ask sane questions of these mayors? Well, Morning Joe walked into it by accident and Martha Radatzs played the role of a real journalist this morning..
so Democrats need to come up with a counteroffensive soon.
1) Trump bad
2) crime is normal and good
3) racism
others?
“...his lurid portrait of a violent epidemic is inaccurate...”
At my local supermarket, the $10 brandy is kept locked up, but the $60 scotch is right there on the shelves. Wonder why that is?
“””Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told me that they are in a much better position than members of Congress or other national Democratic leaders to push back against Trump on crime”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
They want to push back against fighting crime. Sounds like a winning strategy.......eye roll
Threat? The threat is against criminals. We know the democrat mayors are on the side of the criminals so they perceive it as a threat.
If you drive out the middle class and small business owners, hyper-empower the teachers and other public sector unions, and nurture the criminal class that keeps everybody who’s left in constant fear and atomization, you too can preside forever over a filthy, disorderly craphole of a city.
MSN aka Many Stupid Nerds
“MSN aka Many Stupid Nerds”
As a nerd of long-standing, I believe the final letter in acronym more likely stands for “Nincompoops”. Just saying…
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