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How crime is shaping the US elections

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

There are less than two weeks to go to the midterms. The Americast team look at why Republicans have seized upon the issue of crime and what the Democrats are trying to do to counter that.

Professor of Criminology Charis Kubrin, talks the team through the perceived and real threat of crime in the US and the BBC’s Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring, looks at how our ‘undercover voters’ are being targeted ahead of election day.

Americast is presented by North America editor Sarah Smith, Today presenter Justin Webb and North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher.

Find out more about our ‘undercover voters’ here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62742687

Email Americast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, to +443301239480

This episode is made by Phil Marzouk and Alix Pickles. The studio director is Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Louisa Lewis. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

So it's another week Justin and it's brought us yet again another viral moment from President

0:09.5

Joe Biden.

0:10.5

The Wally is a reminder that each of us has the power, has the power to spell darkness

0:15.8

and bring light to the world.

0:17.9

It's a choice.

0:19.3

And whether it's the United Kingdom or just today we've got news that Russia, Russia,

0:27.0

Sinook is now the Prime Minister, as my brother would say, go figure.

0:34.0

Well, Russia, Sinook did indeed become Prime Minister.

0:38.7

That's of course not his real name.

0:40.2

It's tempting to be, I don't know, just to laugh it off because Biden and Gas really do

0:45.1

go together and look, he's not the first American president to get a foreign leader's name

0:50.0

wrong and I remember Gordon Brown being given a load of DVDs by a farmer that couldn't be

0:54.9

played in England that kind of insucienced towards the outside world, which is just part

1:00.3

of America really.

1:01.6

But at the same time, I don't want to be too po-faced Sarah, but when you're President

1:05.9

of the United States and another world leader is involved, you ought to get his name right.

1:12.8

And I also think, I don't know whether this is taking it a bit far, but if this has been

1:16.5

Trump, I think we'd be talking about racism.

1:19.4

And I think, you know, Trevor Noor and all the other late-night talk show people would be

1:24.9

as well.

1:25.9

I just wonder whether there is an element of Joe Biden being allowed to get away with

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