Trump Crowd Eats Up Sen. Tuberville’s Bizarre Racist Tirade

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SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE (R-Ala.) went on a wildly racist, white nationalist tirade, referring to Black Americans as “the people who do the crime” during his speech at Saturday’s Trump rally. “[Democrats are] not soft on crime. They’re pro-crime. They want crime. They want crime because they want to take over what you got. They want to control what you have. They want reparations because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. Bullshit!” the senator and former Auburn football coach said as the crowd cheered. “They are not owed that!” Republicans are leaning heavily on the crime narrative — and racist tropes — as November’s midterm elections approach. But according to the FBI’s preliminary data released on Friday, crime in the U.S. did not increase significantly in the last year, although levels are up slightly from pre-pandemic historic lows.