All in all, GOP fearmongering about crime parallels the party’s inflation alarms based on selective and outdated numbers. It can be effective, unfortunately; during 2022, Gallup found that 78 percent of Americans thought crime was higher nationally than in 2021. Turns out that just wasn’t the case.
There’s been these fucking YouTube ads I’ve seen 3 times now with an AI DjT voice telling you to go buy a gas mask because his whitehouse sources say there’s gonna be an event in 3 weeks. I keep reporting it as terrorist fear mongering but it really pisses me off. These people are the fucking worst.