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But that hasn’t translated into similar levels of support for the incumbent, whom Hochman has repeatedly slammed as soft on crime.

While many cities, including San Francisco, experimented with progressive police reform after Floyd’s murder, a spike in crime and homelessness during the pandemic has triggered a public backlash against so-called “soft on crime” policies.

In a statement to The Times, Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Harris was “soft on murderers, gun criminals, and drug dealers” and “helped destroy California.”

Harris has emphasized her credentials as a “tough” former prosecutor, while Trump has cast her as soft on crime in an “out-of-control” country.

Trump has cast Harris as a “pro-crime” progressive whose policies in the past have gone soft on criminals and allowed them to commit crimes again.