Allowing Republicans to steer the conversation around crime with their repeatedly debunked racist narratives will continue to be the bane of the Democratic Party and democracy until we address it head on through both policy & rhetoric.
Republicans don't care about public safety.
Republicans don't care about public safety.
What Republicans do care about is enriching themselves — so they will use crime as a way to divide us, make enemies of us, while they erode our democracy to give power to the corporate donors lining their pockets.
It's why the GOP plan provides no solutions - just more prisons.
It's why the GOP plan provides no solutions - just more prisons.
But more prisons doesn't reduce crime and they know it.
We know what keeps us safe: living in communities where people of every color and background have fair wages, great schools, housing, & affordable healthcare.
Ending poverty is our public safety emergency.
We know what keeps us safe: living in communities where people of every color and background have fair wages, great schools, housing, & affordable healthcare.
Ending poverty is our public safety emergency.
But that means addressing inequality head-on & no longer funding profit-driven mass incarceration.
We cannot let them win elections through fear-mongering when we have the solutions to improve all of our lives.
Don't let them distract you while they pick your pockets. #PA12
We cannot let them win elections through fear-mongering when we have the solutions to improve all of our lives.
Don't let them distract you while they pick your pockets. #PA12
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