Why conservatives think American cities are hellscapes

During last week, President Donald Trump did his best show to send federal agents and the national guard to Washington to fight against an non -existent crime. The law was a clear attempt to divert the accent of the difference in continuous concealment of its files by its administration on the sexual trafficker accused Jeffrey Epstein, and the deterioration of the economy due to Trump’s pricing policies.

Violent crime in Washington struck A 30 year old hollow last year, and that The trend continues This year. However, Trump, a serial liar, tried to counter reality with Conspiracy theories About crime statistics, and its conservative base is eating it – but why?

Basic work for the story of the crime

In 2015 and 2016, while he was by pushing the theory of racist conspiracy “Birther” on the president of Barack Obama then and presented himself for the president himself, Trump, Trump claimed on several occasions The country was in the midst of an increase in dangerous crime, although the rate of violent crimes remained low. After winning the elections, he used his inaugural speech to speak of the so -called “American carnage”, which he partially attributed to immigration – strengthening the lie that Latin immigrants are mainly criminals.

Trump’s demagoguery had deep roots in the Republican Party. Former President Ronald Reagan blamed societal ills Queens of mythological well-beingAnd former President George W. Bush reduced civil freedoms and prompted Iraq invasion Featured Al-Qaida terrorist attacks.

The conservative movement likes to link the fear of crime to rhetoric on racial minorities. He attacks deep fanaticism and motivates conservative voters to go out and vote, as well as a means of preventing “the other” from taking control and allowing the propagation of crime.

More recently, conservatives circulate Lies on the murder of the black teenager Trayvon Martin, and certain right circles have even celebrated his killer, George Zimmerman, as a hero. This resurfaced during Trump’s first term With the murder of George Floyd And the national demonstrations against the police brutality that followed. Instead of taking these organic expressions seriously, the law saw it as an affront to Trump and even labeled the most peaceful demonstrations as riots blessed by the best democrats.

Trump loses against Biden, and the right double on the “crime”

After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, he and the right were rejected. In shock from this loss, he pushed The violent attack on the government on January 6, 2021, then spent the coming years blamed Biden for an increase in the crime that started on his watchDuring the COVVI-19 pandemic.

Asset, Alongside its propaganda allies At Fox News, crime started to decrease under Biden, but continued to push the lie he did not have. To do otherwise would have been undermined years of attacks against democrats and would be a recognition that the “difficult to crime” approach of law had not worked.

The right blamed this supposed wave of crime to migrantsReinforcing the nativist and racist message of the conservative movement. And they used the story to strengthen a long -standing conservative bias against cities, which law wasted against For their successful progressive policies and their racial and cultural diversity.

Much of this does not make sense. The facts do not correspond to the implementation of the crime, racial minorities and liberal policies in a battery. This is even less logical when we remember that Fox News has its head office in New York, the Metropolis Trump itself is a product.

But the right Love plotsAnd it is much easier for them to argue than liberal policies celebrating ethnic unity also promote crime than for them to live in reality.

Trump brings relaxation

Trump understands his central audience more than he understands something else in the world, and although complex ideas are out of reach, he speaks about the language of fanaticism.

By invoking crime, in particular at a time of political vulnerability, he understands that he activates long -standing conservative resentments. By lifting the idea of a wave of crime occurring in cities with large black populations, tensions raised in the Maga movement about Epstein can be attenuated, at least temporarily.

That’s why Trump can Open prison cells And release rioters on January 6 who were tried and sentenced, and also continue to proclaim that it is for “law and order”.

The right -wing legislators and the media have sold conservative voters on a false story for so long that these voters really believe that Trump and his cohorts fight crime – even when they continue to dissipate for a accused and pedophile sexual trafficker.

Democratic leaders can bring tons of Facts on crime conversations, but most of the rights are too far away. They are too impregnated with propaganda and paranoia to give reality a chance.

They were always going to believe Trump’s lies and the rest of crime. It was just a question of knowing when it was going to happen.