Houston Chronicle by Benjamin Wermund Aug. 27, 2020
How Trump’s law and order rhetoric applies to Texas, and how it doesn’t
As the Republican National Convention wraps up, one overarching message has been clear: “The hard truth is you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America,†as Vice President Mike Pence put it on Wednesday night.
President Donald Trump has increasingly focused his reelection campaign on law and order in an effort aimed especially at shoring up support in the suburbs where Democrats gained ground in 2018.
Even as Biden has said he believes police funding should be increased, Trump and his allies have repeatedly accused the Democratic nominee of wanting to “defund†police departments as protests over police violence against Black Americans have roiled the country.
“If you want a vision of your life under Biden presidency, think of the smoldering ruins in Minneapolis, the violent anarchy of Portland, the bloodstained sidewalks of Chicago, and imagine the mayhem coming to your town and every single town in America,†Trump said at a rally in Scranton, Penn. earlier this month. “You’re not going to have law and order.â€
“There couldn't have been a greater gift to help President Trump than the actions of the city of Austin,†said Bill Gravell, county judge in Williamson County, a longtime Republican stronghold north of Austin where Democrats have gained ground in recent years as the city has grown.
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