GOP Floods Airwaves with Ads About Crime

[DonViejo]

Source: PoliticalWire


November 4, 2018 at 9:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“The Republican Party has aired eight times as many ads focused on crime and public safety as it did during the last midterm election, according to a HuffPost analysis, a reflection of President Trump’s strategy of trying to fire up the GOP’s base with fear.”

“During the last midterm elections, in 2014, Republicans running for House and Senate seats aired ads about public safety more than 12,000 times… That number spiked to nearly 107,000 for the 2018 election, an increase of more than 800 percent.”

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Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2018/11/04/gop-floods-airwaves-with-ads-about-crime/

[Turbineguy]

1. BOOGAH!

BOOGAH! BOO!

[Scarsdale]

2. Well, they can not

be expected to focus on the multiple shootings by the MAGAts, now, can they? White terrorism is on the rise right here, under the gop rule.

[bluestarone]

3. Expect ANYTHING and EVERYTHING

Next 2 days!!!!!!

[safeinOhio]

4. Wow, I didn't know that crime went up

that much after they took control of the Government. I do know that crime has skyrocketed in the White House over the last 2 years.

[lark]

5. Sick part is they are the ones breaking the law with violent & fraudulent acts.

9 people from drumpfs admin. have been indicted and 4 convicted (zero from OBama) and Zinke is currently being investigated (I don't actually believe this is happening, just another pretense like with Kavarape). Violent hate crimes (99% from rw'ers) increased both in 2017 & 2018 and shows no signs of slowing, in fact keeps ramping up. Wages have stayed flat but incomes for rich soared 20% with tax cuts for millionaires/billionaires. President is trying to break the constitution unilaterally and is spending millions to send military to the border before the elections in a totally naked and stupid political ploy when the people he's trying to stop are unarmed and mainly women & children. They always do what drumpf does, try to pin their own acts on others. They are vile and sick and weak, just like him.

[PatSeg]

6. Talk about overkill

If you bombard the public with too much of any message, they will eventually just tune out and shut down.

[dalton99a]

7. Anti-crime ads from the Trump crime family

[keithbvadu2]

8. Republicans like to blame democrats for illegals and violence.

Republicans like to blame democrats for illegals and violence.

Republican illegal alien Christian Rivera killed Mollie Tibbets in Iowa.

Republican illegal Franklin “Freddy” Meave Vazquez Jr. was released by the Trump administration and killed a shipmate on a fishing boat.

Republican illegal Luis Bracamontes was released by Joe Arpaio and later killed two policemen.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Why is Trump 'allowing' violence done to Americans?

Why is Trump 'allowing' violence done to Americans?

When Trump accepted the GOP nomination:

"I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end," he said. "Beginning on January 20th, 2017, safety will be restored."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/politics/republican-convention-highlights-day-four/index.html

Rhetoric safety bomb cartoon
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[Bengus81]

10. I'm running out and getting plastic and duct tape!!!

And funny how at least around here gas prices have dropped 30+ cents in just a couple of weeks--ala George W. Bush playbook. I look for a HUGEEEE raise in those prices starting towards the end of next week.

[paleotn]

11. That's going to face plant...

since virtually ALL of the high profile violent crimes dominating the news cycle of late are perped by doughy white reichwingers.

[McCamy Taylor]

12. GOP rallies their voters with FEAR. This year it is worse than usual.

This year, they have nothing positive to say about their performance so FEAR is all they have.

[Maxheader]

13. One of the ploys shrub used to get elected after 9 - 11

He would be the best guy to protect americu...forgetting
he didn't keep the 3000 that lost their lives....safe..

[Xipe Totec]

14. Didn't Trump promise to end crime on day one of his term? nt

[ROB-ROX]

15. SCARE TACTICS

Those who vote GOP have very little brains which scare easily. They are afraid of poor hopeless people coming to the USA. I think they are afraid because of the years they have historically inbreed. These people have lived in the same area for hundreds of years. No new blood, so they are practically born with "old man disease." Why be afraid of "new blood" unless they are locked into their pathetic "inbreeding" process.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. We can ridicule and laugh at it all we want to....but it works

Proven over and over. And throughout history as well.

Because its a catch 22. Once the party using fear has ginned up the population on fear, even baseless fear, if the other party's message is "Don't worry, be happy", or in other words, support keeping the status quo, they will be painted as soft on terror, crime, gangs, etc etc...which only sends even more frightened sheep to the first party. And of course if the second party joins in, with a message that sure there are threats, but to trust them instead.....people are going to look at them as riding coattails, and will vote for the Fear Party over the Fear-Lite Party every time.

[Zorro]

17. Are we a nation of cowards or a nation of heroes?

That's how the Republicant's message of fear should be framed.