re: #44 Hecuba’s daughter

Dark thoughts: saw the Trump TV ad about violence in the streets due to the “Defund the police” proposals that they claim would be implemented under Biden. My brother talked about escalating crime in New York and Chicago. And all I could think is that the police support Trump and they may deliberately sabotage crime investigations because they are unhappy with being called to account for their brutality. They may be working full time to help Trump’s re-election by slacking on the job and promoting the notion that our streets will never be safe under a Democratic administration. They want to give full rein to their fascist instincts — which Trump has enthusiastically endorsed. He likes the thought of seeing cops and the military waging war against protesters.

Hopefully the American public won’t fall for this tactic. But as I’ve said before, “Defund the Police” is a terrible slogan — anything that requires explanation is a losing message. Most voters aren’t going to be paying attention until after the “conventions”. Let’s not do or say anything that can confuse the typical voter who isn’t going to be spending time exploring the nuances of policies.

A poll came out yesterday (forgot where) that said nearly 80% understand that ‘defund the police’ does not mean what Trump is trying to make it mean. With a majority of Republicans, to boot.

I don’t even think to many Democrats are even using that phrase, TBH.

And I don’t see how slacking off on crime now proves anything about how crime will escalate in a Biden administration, though. It only shows that crime is going up now - under a Republican administration.