Up for Debate: Crime #shorts

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Republicans have intensified their focus on crime and public safety this year, accusing Democrats of putting the public at risk over liberal measures that favor reform policies over prison. It's one of the few topics that party strategists believe can sway independent voters and reenergize Republicans. 

While crime-heavy campaigns have been part of the GOP playbook for decades, former President Donald Trump upped the ante in 2020 by tying Democrats to the Black Lives Matter movement and vilified them by claiming they wanted to defund and dismantle local police departments. 

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