President JoeBiden tries to preempt Republican attacks on crime ahead of midterm elections
Although the issue of crime may not energize Democrats like Republicans, Biden and congressional Democrats are seeking to appeal to swing voters and independents who, along with the Democratic base, may back the party's gun reforms.Biden is promoting his Safer American Plan by addressing gun crime in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, his first midterm campaign trip after returning from his summer vacation.
"In our last poll, only 6% mentioned crime-violence as the biggest problem facing the state," he said."I'd say at this point, the issue is well behind concerns about the economy." "In a survey I conducted of people who voted in the August primary in Wisconsin, crime and guns were the top issue among Democratic voters, ranking just above inflation," he said."The issue was much less important to Republicans and presumably was more about crime than gun safety."
Republicans, including Republican National Committee spokeswoman Nicole Morales, have reiterated that families feel"less safe" because of"Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies and ‘defund the police’ rhetoric." Biden has distanced himself from the"defund the police" message that emerged after George Floyd's death in 2020.
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