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submitted 10 months ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/politics@lemmy.world

All in all, GOP fearmongering about crime parallels the party’s inflation alarms based on selective and outdated numbers. It can be effective, unfortunately; during 2022, Gallup found that 78 percent of Americans thought crime was higher nationally than in 2021. Turns out that just wasn’t the case.

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[-] HWK_290@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago

Still waiting for that migrant caravan...

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Oh, just you wait. It will get here in a few more weeks.

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Just in time for their health care plan and infrastructure week.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Right around this time next year.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Have to scale back the ambition now. The GOP needs these stunts to get a new Speaker.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

It's crazy how effective fear mongering is. My mom is not a conservative woman by any means. She hates Trump and his kind with a passion. But she was still captivated by the migrant caravan. It took me several weeks to get her to recognize that it was purely a story running up to the election to play on people's fears and get their votes.

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