Democrats' divide: Voters of color and white liberals diverge on crime
The Democratic coalition splits on crime: Black, Latino and white liberal voters have different priorities. Republicans see an opening.
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The Democratic coalition splits on crime: Black, Latino and white liberal voters have different priorities. Republicans see an opening.
Insistence that Black Americans no longer face discrimination and that whites do has increasingly become a key belief among Republicans.
Life. >> five men currently serving prison terms for threatening just one member of congress, maxine waters. >> and the thing that really stood out to me reporting the story is how little members of congress know about the threats to their colleagues. you know, each year the number was shocking, but just hearing the stories you could really see bothered some of the members. >> yeah. as i said before this kind of thing is like a real cancer in a liberal democracy, in a free and open society, and really unnerving it has grown the way it has. sarah wire, you did great reporting on it. thank you f...
Coming up, how it is becoming more and more dangerous to be a member of congress. the chilling story in "the l.a. times" in the dramatic rise of the number of threats of violence against congress members. the reporter on the story, sarah wire, who spent six months trying to coax a handful of representatives to share the terrifying details of their stories joins me ahead. r stories joins me ahead
"the los angeles times" today recounting an ano, ma'am must video sent to democratic congresswoman norma torres showing someone following her car. the video pans down to a .9 millimeter handgun in the passenger seat as the voice behind the camera says, quote, i see you, i got something for you. sarah wire reported that story for "the los angeles times." she joins me now. first let me say it is a well-reported piece. thank you for making time. i want to start on the norma torres story because it is so unnerving and chilling. tell us a little bit the context of this and how the congress person r...