Decades of progressive policies are hurting them, and urban leaders are being forced to concede the limits of that path. | Opinion
Still, a close watcher of Johnson might have seen this coming — or at least not find his political change of heart so shocking.Johnson has solid Democratic bona fides — he served as a Democratic member of the Texas Legislature, albeit a moderate one, for almost a decade. He has strong ties with storied constituencies such as the NAACP. But Johnson has spent his tenure as mayor championing causes more commonly associated with conservatives.
Johnson is no fan of the “defund the police” movement, popular among many of his progressive peers. Instead, he’s supported smarter policing, and under his leadership, the city has made substantial progress. Whether that recent policy battle lost is what ultimately drove Johnson to cross the political Rubicon, only he can say.
San Francisco mayor London Breed has taken a conservative-sounding tough-on-crime approach to city safety in the wake of her re-election battle. But the Texas GOP is big and diverse, and its demographics are shifting. The party has its share of problems, not the least of which is the internal divide caused by the impeachment trial and acquittal of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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