MYTH: Democrats are soft on crime
"Research has repeatedly shown that crime is rising faster in Republican, Trump-supporting states. The thinktank Third Way found that in 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Trump than in those won by Joe Biden.
Let’s be clear: it’s been Republican policies that have made it easier for people to get and carry guns. Republicans are lying about the real cause of rising crime to protect their patrons – gun manufacturers."
Republicans are trying to win by spreading three false talking points. Here’s the truth The Guardian, October 16, 2022
"Cities and states run by Republicans do not actually have less crime."
Crime Is Nonpartisan New York Times, August 31, 2023
MYTH: Republicans care more about workers
"It’s unlikely that in next year’s election, voters in deep red coal country will thank President Biden for the fact that his administration is now doing what prior administrations failed to do for decades: Acting to protect miners from the disturbing resurgence of black lung disease. Nor will Biden win too many votes for his efforts to help those communities build an economic future.
"Yet we’re still gripped by a misleading story, that Democrats are waging a “war on coal” while Republicans want to stand up for the industry, the people who work in it and the communities they live in." Coal country voters demand nothing from the GOP. That’s what they get. WA Post Opinion, August 10, 2023 by Paul Waldman