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Tough on crime isn't purely a republican stance though. Democrats worked hand-in-hand with republicans in the late 1980s to push through many tough on crime pol
by HNfriend234 6y ago
Tough on crime isn't purely a republican stance though. Democrats worked hand-in-hand with republicans in the late 1980s to push through many tough on crime policies. This was due to crime skyrocketing in the 1980s due to cheap and abundant crack cocaine flooding America's streets.
- r00fus 6y agoIf you replace Republican with Conservative it works. Hell, our current President is debt-hating Conservative if you view it by the bills he's authored/supported as Senator in the past 30 years.
- AmericanChopper 6y agoThe new POTUS and VP were tough on crime icons up until that recently became unpopular. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/joe-biden-crime-bill-and-americans-short-memory/597547/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/joe-bid... https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-judges-order-state-to-release-more-prisoners-20141114-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-jud...