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New numbers expose conservative ‘tough on crime’ hypocrisy

States Newsroom · November 2, 2026

Crime. For decades, it’s long been a tried-and-true election tactic of the American political right to campaign under the “get tough on crime” banner. The model was cynically perfected during the 1988 presidential campaign in the infamous and racially charged “Willie Horton” ads crafted by supporters of then-Vice…

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New numbers expose conservative ‘tough on crime’ hypocrisy

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