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rampartc

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3. every violent criminal (esp minority)

Reply to tenderfoot (Original post)

Wed Nov 24, 2021, 11:45 AM

Nov 2021

that someone (doesn't have to be a dem or liberal) lets out of jail with low bail or short sentence is a "willie horton" ad waiting to happen.

this idiot in wisconsin who killed 6 with his car is already a "liberal democrat terraist" as far as the trumpists are concerned.

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Democrats are SOFT on Crime! - True or False [View all] tenderfoot Nov 2021 OP

No. Biden certainly isn't. He was a major force in reducing crime in the nineties. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #1

Judges are soft on crime. At least in WI LakeArenal Nov 2021 #2

every violent criminal (esp minority) rampartc Nov 2021 #3

Democrats AFAIK are for protecting the constitutional rights of all people including those... Thomas Hurt Nov 2021 #4

Not the good ones Polybius Nov 2021 #5

Depends on the Democrat Zeitghost Nov 2021 #6

No more than Republicans are. But it's a RW talking point. GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #7

Vermont is pretty soft on crime janterry Nov 2021 #8

The right is better at messaging. Fear sells LeftInTX Nov 2021 #9

California's Prop 47 changed the law to change what were once felonies into misdemeanors IcyPeas Nov 2021 #10

Prop 47 is a disaster Mz Pip Nov 2021 #11

It was supported by Newt Gingrich... tenderfoot Nov 2021 #13

I'd like to think we are smarter on crime, SYFROYH Nov 2021 #12

That trope is so 80's Soft on crime MagickMuffin Nov 2021 #14