Law-and-order campaigns by nasty people have long been part of the US political scene. But this time is different -- because the GOP is inventing a crime crisis at a time when America is historically safe (murders fell slightly in 2017) 1/ pic.twitter.com/OGkzIDs6VH— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 4, 2018
That is, the hysteria doesn't correspond to any lived experience -- and the panic over immigrant crime is greatest where there are hardly any immigrants. The only reason any of this gets traction is racism 2/— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 4, 2018
The further you get from the border, the scarier the people on the other side of it get.
Oh, and we stop talking about "economic anxiety" and globalization as drivers for Trumpism? He isn't even talking about trade or economic populism; in fact, "global" now means "Jew" for his purposes. 3/— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 4, 2018
"Economic anxiety" is so much nicer, though!
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