Democrats' rule of law rhetoric doesn't match reality

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : 'No one is above the law'Republicans have increasingly focused on what they see as the weaponization of the Department of Justice against Democrats' ideological foes, from anti-abortion activists to the Republican presidential nominee.
56% : The bill would have added up to 1,500 more agents in Customs and Border Protection.
54% : Federal law enforcement has failed to make arrests in cases as extreme as the firebombing of pregnancy centers, while prosecutors have secured FACE Act convictions against anti-abortion activists for peaceful protests that involved praying outside abortion clinics.
39% : But Republicans' concerns about partisan activity at the DOJ go far beyond its two cases against Trump.
34% : While protecting democracy has mostly been a Democratic talking point since Trump unsuccessfully challenged the 2020 results, Republicans are increasingly adopting the matter as their own.
29% : Still, Democrats have cast Trump as posing the greater threat of weaponizing the DOJ and warned voters he would use prosecutors to go after political opponents without acknowledging the reality that, however noble they view the reasons, prosecutors are already doing just that in an election year.
29% : "The two different races face starkly different core issues, and the core issue for Trump is everyone knows him.
25% : "Voters who view the criminal cases against Trump as evidence that the former president poses a threat to law and order long ago made up their minds not to support him, Wallin noted, while voters who remain undecided clearly don't view the indictments as disqualifying.
20% : "It would be very divisive if Trump were to use the DOJ to go after what were perceived to be his political enemies," he added.
11% : "Ballot battlesHarris has focused less on the perceived threat to democracy posed by Trump than Biden did before he dropped his reelection bid, but the message continues to play a central role in Democratic campaigns overall in 2024.Democrats regularly accuse Trump and Republicans of seeking to undermine confidence in elections ahead of November.
2% : President Joe Biden's DOJ brought two unprecedented sets of charges against Trump in cases that have stalled due to rebukes from either the presiding judge, in a case involving accusations that Trump illegally concealed classified documents, or the Supreme Court, in a case involving novel accusations that Trump sought to overturn the 2020 election results.

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