Democrats soft on crime and midterms give Americans a chance to choose safety

With the midterms weeks away, Democrats are trying to distance themselves from defund the police rhetoric. But it's too late. Voters trust GOP more on public safety.

Chuck DeVore is a vice president with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was elected to the California legislature, is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, and the author of the new book, "Crisis of the House Never United."

We know that in the tumultuous summer of 2020, "Defund the Police" became all the rage among the far left – the ideologically dominant core of the Democratic Party. 

Accompanying these calls to shift government funds from police departments to social programs were hundreds of protests against policing policies under the banner of Black Lives Matter. Many of these street protests descended into violence, looting and arson.