“Moderate” Dems Push For Talking Tough On Crime

Is there such a thing as a moderate Democrat? Most of them are actually what used to be extremists, but, what the ones that used to be considered extremists are now ultra-far left wackos

Moderates Pitch Tough-on-Crime Message for Democrats Amid Immigration Talks

When Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Democrat of Nevada, briefed fellow moderate senators in her party this week about new research on voters’ views ahead of the midterm elections, she had grim but familiar news.

Democrats lagged badly behind the G.O.P. when it came to crime, policing and safety — issues on which many independent voters regard them as weak, she said, pointing to a new strategy memo commissioned by an outside group that supports moderate candidates. Democrats were down substantially on the basic issue of “keeping people safe from crime,” the new research showed, even with President Trump’s approval rating sagging.

But she noted a silver lining in the survey, which like many others found a belief among a sizable majority, including many independents, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had gone too far in the deportation crackdown. That, according to the pollsters, gave Democrats an opening to press for changes if they did so with “nuance,” emphasizing their support for combating crime and support for local police but arguing that ICE had gone too far.

And Ms. Cortez Masto pitched her party’s disadvantage on crime as a place where — with the right policies and messaging — Democrats had room, and a political imperative, to grow.

That’s cute and all, but, all it would be would be talk. There wouldn’t be any action behind it. There never is when Democrats try this. Provided they actually do. Does anyone think that the wackos will even be willing to profess support for local cops, after constantly demonizing them, calling to defund them? After being soft on crime for quite some time, then getting way, way worse, does anyone think any yapping would translate to actually getting tough on criminals? Even if the nationals went down this yap yap route would the state and local Dems do the same?

Ms. Cortez Masto has been urging her colleagues to “lead with toughness” when it comes to talking about and dealing with violent criminals. The polling memo she passed around asserted that voters want Democrats to talk about “punishment,” and that such messages would resonate in particular with Black and Latino voters, as well as independent and swing voters, who could be crucial to their uphill battle to win control of the Senate.

“They’re hearing the same thing in their communities,” Ms. Cortez Masto said in an interview on Friday. “It is about cracking down on crime and holding the violent criminals accountable.”

Huh. Weird how Democrats immediately go to blaming Blacks and Latinos for crime. That should play well.