This week is a reminder that Democrats are still vulnerable to the classic GOP law-and-order gambit deployed by Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and most ruthlessly by Trump. It’s far easier to demonize criminals than to produce real solutions. But Democrats need to come up with something before 2028.

Whatever you may think of President Donald Trump, you can't deny he has a flair for theatrics. This skill has been on full display since Sunday evening

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