Republican Crime and Safety Platform, Democrats' Plans To Keep Biden Off Ballot

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🗓️ 17 July 2024

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Republicans vow to "make America safe again," but the statistics contradict their claims of growing crime. And Democrats who want to keep President Joe Biden off the ballot are opposing an obscure party rule.

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0:00.0	Former President Donald Trump's one-time Republican rivals are standing behind him
0:07.2	and promising to make America safe once again.
0:10.1	Crime is down nationwide, so why Republicans saying the opposite and blaming migrants?
0:14.7	I'm Sasha Fyfer.
0:15.7	That's A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.6	Republicans are linking migrants to a broad range of crimes and also
0:24.9	fentanyl use and overdoses. They want to tear down those foundations and
0:28.8	remold us into some sort of borderless, lawless Marxist socialist utopia.
0:35.0	How do Republicans plan to tackle the social problems behind those claims?
0:38.6	And President Joe Biden has resisted calls to drop his re-election bid.
0:43.0	And I am all in.
0:47.0	How are some of his fellow Democrats trying to keep him off the ballot.
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