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Trump's alarm on crime fell flat in 2018. Now he's betting his re-election on it.
Last edited Thu Sep 3, 2020, 10:57 AM - Edit history (1)
New post-convention polls indicate that the country isn't currently sold. The latest surveys suggest crime ranks low on the minds of Americans, and that most are sympathetic to protests against racial inequality after high-profile police shootings of Black men.
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On Wednesday, Biden accused Trump of fabricating an opponent because he doesn't want to face the real one.
"As much as he'd like to be running against somebody else, he's running against me, Joe Biden," Biden told reporters at a press conference in Wilmington, Delaware, after a speech on schools.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-s-alarms-crime-fell-flat-2018-now-he-s-n1239020