LETTER: Republicans, Democrats and crime

In his Dec. 20 missive (“What crime?”), Richard Strickland opines that the “conservative playbook” is to scare radical astir rampant transgression truthful that they volition ballot for Republicans, indicating that Republicans are tougher connected transgression than Democrats. Facts are facts, opinions are opinions, nary substance one’s governmental affiliation. Here are facts:

Crime is rampant. Period. Democrat leaders successful the Democrat-led cities are the ones compiling and releasing the existent transgression statistics. Rapes and robberies are markedly higher successful the past 12 months successful Democrat-led cities. FBI and Department of Justice statistic corroborate it.

Crime is not a Republican oregon Democrat issue. It is an contented that affects everyone, and pointing retired the emergence successful transgression is the work of some parties to support the nationalist informed.