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View in browser   BY  DAVID SIDERS Presented by A protester carries a sign that reads "Defund The Police" during the Black Women Matter in July of 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. | Eze Amos/Getty Images AMERICAN CRIME STORY  — Ron Johnson, the Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin, had been  lagging behind his Democratic challenger , Mandela Barnes, in public polls in recent months. So, it was big news today when a  Marquette Law School poll  showed Johnson, one of the year’s most vulnerable incumbents, had made up significant ground, leading Barnes by 1 percentage point, within the poll’s margin of error. The swing comes amid a raft of negative ads against Barnes, the state’s lieutenant governor — particularly   on crime . That’s no accident. Republicans across the country have recently turned hard to public safety as they begin to shape their general election message. On Tuesday, the final primary day of the year, Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National...

  In February, Senator Rick Scott — the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee — announced the Republican plan to phase out Social Security within five years. 1 Now, more and more of his Senate Republicans are jumping on board. Senator Ron Johnson just said he would strip guaranteed funding for Social Security and make it “discretionary” every year. 2  Senator Ron Paul said he would privatize it and put Wall Street in charge. 3 For decades, Republicans have been quietly scheming to gut Social Security, but now they’re openly admitting they want it on the chopping block. That’s why it’s time to pass legislation to strengthen and ensure its success for future generations. Social Security is one of the most successful government programs in history. It just celebrated its 87th birthday, and without it, millions of American seniors would fall into abject poverty. That’s why most observers expected that Republicans would back off their plans to destroy Social Sec...

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