Republicans need to start offering big-city voters a new path on crime
Zachary Faria
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The decay of safety in Democratic-run cities leaves Republicans an opportunity. The party must find candidates for these cities across the country to capitalize on it.
The death of Eina Kwon in Seattle brought out protesters calling for change in the city. “When you legalize soft crime, it leads to murder,” one protest organizer said. “Innocent lives are being taken.” Kwon, who was 32 weeks pregnant, was killed as she sat in her car at a stoplight. Doctors were able to deliver the baby, who died soon after the delivery.
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Another man who took part in the march said, “We need almost a complete sweep of the City Council.” Seattle’s City Council is currently made up of eight Democrats and one member of the Socialist Alternative Party. Those members look like they are going to grant the request for a complete sweep because seven of them already stated in February that they would not run for reelection.
Washington Republicans should do their best to find candidates who can replace them. Surely there must be a handful of viable candidates who can bring a focus to crime and quality of life issues and give Seattle voters a chance to put their ballot where their mouths are. If voters truly want to change directions in a city that has had a Democratic mayor since 1969, Republicans need to offer them a direction to take.
The same is true in other Democratic-run cities that have been mired in decay thanks to crime and quality of life issues. San Francisco is in a “doom loop.” New York City showed some interest in change during the 2021 mayoral election as Democrats turned to the candidate who focused on crime. Some neighborhoods in the city moved dramatically to the right during the midterm elections.
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Even Los Angeles and Chicago, two cities that chose soft-on-crime candidates in their recent elections, should not be given up on. They are noticeably decaying as well. It’s only a matter of time before the anger of residents begins to boil over, as we are seeing in Seattle. Crime does not need to be a “basic city experience.”
The openings are there, as long as Republicans can field the boring kind of candidates that you typically see as governors in states such as Maryland, Massachusetts, and Vermont. The message is there, and it is simple: You have elected Democrats for decades, and things have only gotten worse. The only thing not there, yet, are legitimate GOP candidates and national and state parties that are willing to commit to winning new voters in cities that desperately need a change.