The Extreme Emptiness Of Donald Trump's Promises On Crime

A central message of the Republican National Convention this year is that if Donald Trump is reelected president, Americans will finally be safe.

Let me be clear: The violence must stop whether in Minneapolis, Portland or Kenosha. ... We will have law and order on the streets of America, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday night.

I have no doubt, and Im sure you dont, when President Trump is reelected, the damage will stop, added former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Thursday.

Trump himself said America must never have mob rule.

In the strongest possible terms, the Republican Party condemns the rioting, looting, arson and violence we have seen in Democrat-run cities like Kenosha, Minneapolis, Portland, Chicago and New York, he said in his speech Thursday night.

But that was the exact same message put forth at the Republican National Convention four years ago, when Trump exaggerated crime data and promised that violence would literally stop once he entered the White House.

I have a message for all of you: The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end. Beginning on January 20, 2017, safety will be restored, Trump said at the time, mentioning the recent images of violence in our streets and chaos in our communities.

Trump talked about the attacks on our police and the terrorism in our cities. Michael Flynn, who would go on to become Trumps disgraced national security adviser, said President Barack Obama had brought continued mayhem, murder and destruction into our neighborhoods.

Its time to make America safe again , added Giuliani at the time.

Any of those comments would fit right in at this years convention. But now, Trump is president. Yet somehow the crime and violence isnt gone.

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The headlines surrounding the convention this week are bleak. Protesters have been pouring into the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back in front of his three children. Blake is paralyzed from the waist down.

On Wednesday, law enforcement authorities announced they had arrested a 17-year-old , who is white, in the shooting and killing of two people and the wounding of a third at a Kenosha protest of Blakes shooting.

After the Milwaukee Bucks announced that they would walk off before their playoff game because of the shooting of Blake, a number of other teams in the NBA and other sports said they would follow suit in solidarity.

Did Mike Pence forget Donald Trump is president? Is Donald Trump even aware hes president? These are not images from some imagined Joe Biden s America in the future. These are images from Donald Trumps America today, former Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement Thursday night.

Despite the fact that violence and unrest did not disappear as Trump promised in 2017, Republicans are arguing that it will get better just as long as Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) arent elected.

Biden, Harris and their socialist comrades will fundamentally change this nation. ... They will defund, dismantle and destroy Americas law enforcement. When you are in trouble and need 911, dont count on the Democrats , Kimberly Guilfoyle, the campaign fundraiser and girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., said in her dark speech Monday.