"The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020," Third Way, a US thinktank, reported in January. Third Way also found that in 2020 murder rates "were 40% higher in Trump-voting states than Biden-voting states".
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Stark warning over Republicans’ ‘dehumanizing’ rhetoric on crime
A 2022 investigation by Reveal found that 38 states now have some version of "stand your ground" – and the laws have proved devastating: a study published in 2022 found that the legislation was linked with an 8-11% increase in homicides.
Ironically, given the accusation from the right that Democrats are too soft on crime, it appears to be traditionally "red states" that have the more serious crime problem.
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