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"I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party... to defeat Donald Trump... And together, we will win."

"This is a race Democrats can and must win."

"If the Democrats can be unified... then they have a good chance to win in November."

"I’d be very wary and a bit cautious on assuming that Trump is just going to sail to victory."

"Donald Trump’s hopes of claiming the White House just went from near certain to extremely uncertain" now Biden has dropped out.

"This kind of chaos this close to Election Day means Trump is going to win."

"It doesn’t matter whom the Democrats pick... Donald Trump will win in November."

"Donald Trump is now the de facto president."

"If the 2024 presidential election is a race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris then Trump will win, every time, and most likely win easily."

"Harris will be easier to beat than Joe Biden would have been."

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Former Pres. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, Sunday during a speech in Pennsylvania claimed "police aren't allowed to do their job" but if there was "one rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out" and retail theft will "end immediately."

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Trump suggested it's necessary to let police get "rough" because criminals aren't facing consequences for hauling away appliances "on their back" because law enforcement officers are in danger of losing their pensions and other material things under "liberal left" criminal justice policies he tied to VP Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.

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After the speech, the Trump campaign said Trump wasn't making a new policy proposal but instead was "clearly just floating it in jest."

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Although Trump claimed during his speech that crime in the US is up, recently released statistics from the FBI reported a 2.4% reduction year over year in property crime.

Trump, who has the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, has been a long-time supporter of bestowing broad immunity on law enforcement agencies, and is also a backer of stop-and-frisk, a practice deemed unconstitutional by a judge in 2013.

When Trump tries to talk policy the discussion always becomes ridiculous. His solution for every issue facing the country is a hairbrained scheme that appeals to him and his base because of its simplicity. It's laughable that anyone thinks the tough-on-crime candidate in this election is the convicted felon.

When it comes to picking a candidate who's tough on crime, Trump is clearly the better choice over Harris. Keeping America safe should be the top priority of any president, and Trump's track record shows he knows how to empower law enforcement to get the job done — on the streets and at the border.

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Trump accepts largest police union endorsement, blasts Harris as a 'defunder': 'Kamala's crime wave'

There's a 50% chance that the US murder rate in 2030 will be 5.62 per 100K inhabitants, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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