White House to counter GOP's soft-on-crime attacks by targeting far-right budget plan Monday's focus
White House to counter GOP's soft-on-crime attacks by targeting far-right budget plan
Monday’s focus on crime as the opening salvo in a weeklong “offensive” to highlight different provisions in a budget put forward by the far-right House Freedom Caucus.
March 20, 2023, 7:40 AM EDT
By Carol E. Lee
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-counter-gops-soft-crime-attacks-targeting-far-right-budget-rcna75700
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The White House is planning a messaging push on Monday that appears aimed at countering Republican criticism that President Joe Biden and Democrats are weak on crime, according to a White House official.
The official described Monday’s focus on crime as the opening salvo in a weeklong “offensive” to highlight different provisions in a budget put forward by the far-right House Freedom Caucus. According to the official, “each day this week, the White House will zero in on how the MAGA budget proposal would be a disaster for hardworking families in a different way.”
On Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will discuss GOP proposals at the top of her daily press briefing, arguing that the Freedom Caucus budget would cut funding for law enforcement — from local agencies and state grants to the FBI — as well as diminish staffing at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and generally “make communities less safe.” Those comments will be amplified by “an aggressive digital push” on the issue, according to the White House official.
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