All in all, GOP fearmongering about crime parallels the party’s inflation alarms based on selective and outdated numbers. It can be effective, unfortunately; during 2022, Gallup found that 78 percent of Americans thought crime was higher nationally than in 2021. Turns out that just wasn’t the case.
Facts. Drug war was all about working up the chain of command to get the dealers and smugglers, cut the head off the snake. Odd that they dont prosecute the folks at the top eh?