President Joe Biden is giving signs that he will line up with Republicans in Congress to torpedo Democratic-sponsored crime legislation in Washington, D.C.
INa scenario that would have been unthinkable last year, President Joe Biden is giving signs that he will line up with Republicans in Congress to torpedo Democratic-sponsored crime legislation in Washington, D.C.
The political math for how this came to be is simple.
“The reality is the biggest vulnerability that Democrats have shown over the last three years is on the issue of fighting crime and the baggage they carry from some of their more progressive members calling for de-funding the police, especially around the time of the George Floyd killing,” says Axios senior political correspondent Josh Kraushaar.
The logistics for how these almost unimaginable circumstances came to pass have a convoluted backstory.
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