{"id":1510394,"date":"2022-06-10T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510394"},"modified":"2022-06-10T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:06:13","slug":"pro-police-tough-on-crime-democrats-are-making-a-comeback-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-police-tough-on-crime-democrats-are-making-a-comeback-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Police, Tough-On-Crime Democrats Are Making A Comeback. Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-police-tough-on-crime-democrats-are-making-a-comeback-heres-why%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510394&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><ul>\n<li><strong>The rise in crime has fueled the return of pro-police Democratic candidates throughout the country, experts said.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cI think that progressives have to recognize that it is a politically potent issue,\u201d said JMC Analytics founder John Couvillon. \u201cThat isn\u2019t just a taste of only Republican voters being concerned.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cDefunding the police was never a popular position and the choice to put it front center by many activist groups is, I think, an error for which they have continued to pay at the polls,\u201d Charles Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute working on policing and public safety, said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Democratic politicians running on tough-on-crime platforms are making names for themselves in many prominent races, and some have even won elections in deep-blue cities drowning in violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday afternoon, billionaire and former Republican Rick Caruso, who made combating crime and homelessness the cornerstone of his campaign, secured the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/06\/07\/us\/elections\/results-california-los-angeles-mayor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greatest portion of the vote<\/a> in the Los Angeles mayoral race with 42.1%. He will face off against Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, who received 37% of the vote, in a November runoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe that the crime issue is something that also has resonance on the Democratic side and that\u2019s why you have officeholders like Eric Adams, who are staking out a different political path, and there is a constituency for that,\u201d JMC Analytics founder John Couvillon told The Daily Caller News Foundation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/pivotal-primary-races-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here Are The 12 Pivotal Primary Races Of 2022)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/06\/eric-adams-kathryn-garcia-new-york-city-mayoral-race-absentee-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won the Democratic primary<\/a> in 2021 on a pro-police, tough-on-crime platform. During his tenure, Adams brought back a specialized police unit to fight gun violence after it was previously disbanded in 2020 in response to the George Floyd protests, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/14\/nyregion\/nypd-anti-gun-unit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell entered office in January after a campaign focused on gun crimes, organized theft and open-air drug sales, The Seattle Medium <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlemedium.com\/new-seattle-mayor-taking-tough-on-crimes-pro-treatment-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. In February, he <a href=\"https:\/\/harrell.seattle.gov\/2022\/02\/04\/mayor-bruce-harrell-we-will-not-tolerate-crime-in-seattle\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20want%20to%20be%20very,%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Mayor%20Bruce%20Harrell.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> his administration would \u201cnot tolerate crime in Seattle,\u201d citing increases in violent crime and gun violence between 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Down in deep-blue California, voters turned against Chesa Boudin, a former deputy public defender who became district attorney of San Francisco in 2019. He overwhelmingly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/chesa-boudin-recalled-san-francisco-election-district-attorney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost his recall<\/a> election Tuesday after implementing a number of criminal justice reforms, such as eliminating cash bail, that were widely blamed for increased lawlessness in the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7444580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7444580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Caruso (2nd R) makes a rebuttal during the mayoral debate with candidates (from L) Joe Buscaino, Kevin de Leon, Karen Bass and Mike Feuer at USC\u2019s Bovard Auditorium, March 22, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by MYUNG J. CHUN\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think that progressives have to recognize that it is a politically potent issue,\u201d Couvillon said. \u201cThat isn\u2019t just a taste of only Republican voters being concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/murder-rate-increase-2020-police-fbi-report-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rise in crime<\/a> over the past few years includes a nationwide increase in the violent crime rate by 5.6% between 2019 to 2020. Couvillon described the issue as \u201ccyclical,\u201d comparing it to the crime wave of the 1990s, which resulted in Republican mayors in both New York City and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was going on back in the early 90s was you had kind of the same mentality that you have today,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I see it is a trend, but I think that right now, it\u2019s kind of a reaction against what has been happening in the last couple years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charles Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute working on policing and public safety, told TheDCNF the movement to \u201cdefund the police,\u201d which some Democrats embraced in the wake of the George Floyd protests, tied the party to an incredibly unpopular position as crime increased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefunding the police was never a popular position and the choice to put it front and center by many activist groups is, I think, an error for which they have continued to pay at the polls and will continue to pay at the polls until a sufficient number of Democrats repudiate it,\u201d Lehman said.<\/p>\n<p>J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball, told TheDCNF that the \u201cwhite liberal\u201d block of the party was the largest portion of anti-police Democrats. He said the block was \u201cnot the types of voters who are going to get the power to a majority and they\u2019re not even a majority in some of these urban areas either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of voters want to feel safe,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cThey\u2019re not on board with defunding the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7444579\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7444579\" class=\"wp-image-7444579 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) speaks on the phone before U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1233511650-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7444579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) speaks on the phone before U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bass, for her part, has said the phrase was \u201cprobably one of the worst slogans ever\u201d and that she would transfer 250 Los Angeles police officers out of desk jobs and into patrol, the Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/newsletter\/2022-05-02\/karen-bass-stances-on-law-enforcement-have-landed-her-in-hot-water-with-some-progressives-essential-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/karenbass.com\/policies\/crime-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign website<\/a>, however, states that community organizations and trained experts, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/06\/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-rick-caruso-soft-on-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as opposed to police<\/a>, should be given resources to deal with the root causes of crime.<\/p>\n<p>While Lehman said Democrats have begun to repudiate the movement, such as when President Joe Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/01\/joe-biden-crime-more-police-gun-control-agenda-sotu-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke out against it<\/a>\u00a0during his State of the Union address, he emphasized the party had not done enough.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has implemented measures intended to reform policing, such as through a May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/05\/25\/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-historic-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order<\/a> intended to \u201cadvance effective, accountable policing and criminal justice practices,\u201d but has largely steered away from taking away funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a mess,\u201d he said. \u201cThey aren\u2019t able to enforce message discipline. At the local level, it\u2019s very patchwork. Cities have implemented a variety of changes, many of them massively unpopular.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/15\/london-breed-san-francisco-crime-defund-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Destroyed Our City\u2019: Mayor London Breed Calls \u2018Bullsh*t\u2019 On Left-Wing Policies Like Defunding Police In Fight Against Rampant Crime)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Couvillon said it might be too late for Democrats to shake the strong association they have with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/06\/seattle-defund-police-parking-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defund the police<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contradiction of the term defund the police is something that really should have happened early on in the summer of 2020,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was happening in the summer of 2020 started with protests, but there were aspects of it where there was violence,\u201d Couvillon said. \u201cAnd so that\u2019s where I think you do have this constituency, even within the Democratic Party, that recognizes that we have to have limits as to what type of behavior\u2019s acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Adams, Bass, Boudin and Caruso did not return TheDCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise in crime has fueled the return of pro-police Democratic candidates throughout the country, experts said. \u201cI think that progressives have to recognize that it is a politically potent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}