President Biden’s approval rating on crime has dropped significantly since October as citizens are treated to videos of smash-and-grab robberies and American cities see homicide rates skyrocket.
According to an ABC/Ipsos poll released Sunday, just 36 percent of Americans support the President’s handling of crime, down from 43 percent in the same poll in October.
Among independent voters, Biden’s approval on handling crime is a staggeringly-low 1 in 4.
Biden “sees lagging support for his handling of rising rates of violence in many places across the county,” ABC News reports, even “as the national murder rates see historic jumps.”
It also comes, as Fox News writes, “Smash-and-grab lootings have plagued cities in California, as well as in Chicago and other areas of the country, in recent weeks.”
NEW POLL: 69% Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of inflation, 57% disapprove of his handling of the economic recovery.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 12, 2021
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Crime
Smash-and-grab robberies, some of which have been captured on video, are seemingly making a dent in President Biden’s approval rating on crime.
A video surfaced over the summer showing retail theft at a San Francisco Walgreens in action.
“In June, a masked man was caught on video at a Walgreens, stuffing items into a trash bag before cruising out of the store on a bicycle,” the Associated Press reported.
Walnut Creek, a city in California, saw smash-and-grab looters stealing about $125,000 in merchandise from a Nordstrom, leading to the city council approving $2 million in funds to increase police department and security.
#BayArea | 3 days of Bay Area mass robberies.
▪️Friday
📍#SF
Multiple stores hit by nearly 80 people in a smash & grab #robbery spree.▪️Saturday
📍Walnut Creek
50-80 people ransacked #Nordstrom.▪️Sunday
📍Hayward
Group robbed Sam’s Jewelers.@abc7newsbayarea #crime pic.twitter.com/Xxc71oZ1Dl— Luz Peña (@Luzpenatv) November 23, 2021
Over the weekend, smash-and-grab looters broke into an exotic car dealership in Chicago, stealing millions of dollars in watches.
SMASH & GRAB IN CHICAGO: Two men walked into the Gold Coast Motors store on Rush St with a gun and smashed a case w/ a hammer getting away with luxury watches.
The employees armed themselves and chased after the men but they got away in a Maserati Levantepic.twitter.com/LXjq5oqp94
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) December 13, 2021
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Smash-and-Grab Robberies Are Real
New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised eyebrows recently when she suggested that large, coordinated smash-and-grab robberies didn’t really exist.
In an interview with the Washington Times, AOC claimed “a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.”
It was a claim even the White House rejected.
Rep. @AOC says “a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out.”@PressSec says “well, we don’t agree,” cites numerous efforts with DOJ and FBI.
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) December 7, 2021
The Biden administration recognizing the problem with crime and competently handling it are two separate issues, as his approval on the matter indicates.
The same poll shows the President struggling with his approval rating on inflation as well.
“As the White House confronts rising and widespread concern about inflation, Americans are especially negative on how the Biden administration is managing this issue,” ABC writes.
BREAKING: More than two in three (69%) Americans disapprove of Pres. Biden’s handling of inflation, while 57% disapproves of his handling of the economic recovery, according to a new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. https://t.co/8BaO3UoT8i
— ABC News (@ABC) December 12, 2021
An incredible 69 percent disapprove of how Biden is handling inflation, with a mere 28 percent approving.
More than half (57 percent) disapprove of his handling of the economic recovery.
President Biden’s failures aren’t just dragging him down – it’s dragging down the entire Democrat Party.
Republicans currently hold a never-before-seen double-digit lead on a generic ballot according to the latest CNBC poll – meaning voters who would prefer any Republican to any Democrat.
In fact, the numbers are equal parts historic and devastating as the 2022 midterms approach.
(CNBC poll) For the first time in any CNBC or NBC poll in history, Republicans have a double digit advantage going into the midterm.
44% say they’ll vote Republican in 2022; 34% say they’ll vote Democrat
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) December 10, 2021
“In the past 20 years, CNBC and NBC surveys have never registered a double-digit Republican advantage on congressional preference, with the largest lead ever being 4 points for the GOP,” CNBC reports.
Not everything is grim for President Biden. ABC reports that he is slightly above water on his handling of COVID-19.
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