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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,900 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 09:51 PM Sep 2018

GOP warns crime, immigration will spike if Dems win

TUCSON, Ariz. — For a quarter century, crime rates around the country have fallen precipitously. The number of immigrants detained at the border with Mexico has risen from last year’s lows, but it remains below historical averages.

But Republican candidates across the country, from this city 60 miles north of the border to states like North Dakota and Georgia, are warning voters that both crime and immigration are likely to spike if their Democratic opponents win office in November.

“Everybody wants their community safe. Everybody wants America safe,” Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) told a group of Republican volunteers here recently. “This is about community security. This is about opioids and the drugs coming through [the border]. This is about the cartels.”

In conversations with voters around Arizona over the last week, many said they did not feel safe in their own communities. They cited lax border enforcement and the resulting crime they say comes with it.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/406187-gop-warns-crime-immigration-will-spike-if-dems-win

North Dakota's afraid of Canadians? Speaking as one from Washington state I find them generally to be nicer than most Americans.

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GOP warns crime, immigration will spike if Dems win (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 OP
I am sure some crime will spike but my money is on varies Repugnants being the ones committing cstanleytech Sep 2018 #1
If this isn't a racist dog whistle, what is? meow2u3 Sep 2018 #2
Well, crime should go down............ MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #3
BE AFRAID BE VERY AFRAID! jcgoldie Sep 2018 #4
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! lpbk2713 Sep 2018 #5

cstanleytech

(26,281 posts)
1. I am sure some crime will spike but my money is on varies Repugnants being the ones committing
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 10:06 PM
Sep 2018

the majority of said crimes.

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
2. If this isn't a racist dog whistle, what is?
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 10:15 PM
Sep 2018

Add another Republican-to-English dictionary entry: Crime, which really means decent treatment of people of color, ethnic and religious minorities.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
3. Well, crime should go down............
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 10:23 PM
Sep 2018

after all, there won't be as many Republicans in office to commit them!

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