Brey, I think saying anyone in the GOP is running on "fighting crime" and "public safety issues" is either a literal fucking nazi or the very living definition of the term useful idiot.
The Republican Party, very clearly, runs on locking marginalized people in cages. That is the purpose of their "anti-crime" programs - locking ppl in cages and giving money to donors who own cages.
Democrats are into this too, but the GOP is the party that straight up admits it. "Public safety" my ass.