when it called its district attorney boudin. and that local election in blue, blue california was held up by pundits as a canary in the coal mine for democrats the party, according to them had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, one that already favored and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california fuels democratic debate over crime. california voters send a stark message to democrats on crime and homelessness. democrats need to know the message that crisis september. week of recall, gas topped $5 a gallon for the first time ever and republicans began gearing up to make the election all about inflation. those were theoretically, the contours of this election, only a few months ago, as of the first week of june and then two weeks later, everything changed. the united states supreme court struck down a 50-year precedent protecting a woman s own right to control her own body which upended politicals across the country.
the parties are going to be battling it out for every single vote. in the closing of this election, republicans are using everything onre their arsenal. and yes, they re going after democrats on inflation. and surprise, they re hitting democrats on crime, the very same they were worried about after the san francisco recall back in early june. republicans are focused on urban crime and they re pushing racially coded messages to care voters to believing democrats want to turn this country into a scene out of mad max. republicans have spent more than $50 million in ads focused on crime since labor day. here s how that issue played out during tonight s debates. john fetterman during this crime wavett has been trying to get as many murderered out of jail as soon as possible. i m running on support