NJ Gov. Murphy: GOP Playing ‘the Crime Card’ Has ‘Racial Elements’

[mystery-ak]

NJ Gov. Murphy: GOP Playing ‘the Crime Card’ Has ‘Racial Elements’

Ian Hanchett 2 Nov 2022

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) stated that Republicans are playing “the crime card” and “it goes back to Nixon’s southern strategy. It’s got racial elements to it.” But that “doesn’t mean that crime is not an issue. It doesn’t mean that we’re not focused on it.”

Murphy stated, “Listen, the other guys play the crime card relentlessly and shamelessly, it seems every election. And the facts and their portrayal of the facts are in entirely different places. That doesn’t mean that crime is not an issue. It doesn’t mean that we’re not focused on it. But I will just say, in New Jersey this year, violent crimes, shooting, homicides are all down meaningfully, between something like 15 and 30%. We invest deeply, not just here, but as a party, in the relations between law enforcement and the communities they serve. We invest in law enforcement. So, they’re really good at playing the card. It reminds me — frankly, it goes back to Nixon’s southern strategy. It’s got racial elements to it. Let’s just call that for what it is. And here we go again. It’s — I feel like it’s a movie that we’ve seen time and time again and they’re pulling that card out again this time.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/11/02/nj-gov-murphy-gop-playing-the-crime-card-has-racial-elements/

[Kamaji]

No, not really Murphy, since the biggest victims of the DNC-inspired crime spree are minorities.

[Wingnut]

Democrats ask, Who are you going to believe on the crime issue? Murphy or your own lying eyes.

[LMAO]

Poll after Poll shows that crime is a huge concern for voters. Why does this idiot think that dismissing that concern will result in electoral Nirvana for his party?

Good God! I listen to some of these people in office and I’m convinced that my autistic son could run for office and do a better job and be more coherent

[DefiantMassRINO]

Does he really think that families living in high crime areas enjoy living in constant fear?  Where's the "Social Justice" there?

[Right_in_Virginia]

I wonder if he knows how insulting and stupid he sounds.

[Free Vulcan]

The worse it gets, the more tinny they become, and there is zero self-awareness.

[Fishrrman]

Title and presumption:
"NJ Gov. Murphy: GOP Playing ‘the Crime Card’ Has ‘Racial Elements’"

Let's speak frankly.
Yes, it does.
Intentionally and JUSTIFIABLY so.

When one particular race decides to clean up its propensity towards criminal behavior, perhaps then the "racial elements" can be discarded and forgotten.

But... not until then.

Sorry if you don't like this post.

[Hoodat]

“it goes back to Nixon’s southern strategy. It’s got racial elements to it.”

Nixon won less than half of the Confederate States in 1968.