Overview

• At a DNC summer meeting strategy session in Minneapolis, Rahman told attendees not to "take the bait" by centering migrant crime or carjackings.
• She presented a Vera-commissioned poll ranking top concerns: gun violence 36%, homelessness/public drug use 34%, muggings/assaults 34%, carjackings 29%, migrant crime 28%.
• The clip spread widely as Republican groups and conservative outlets highlighted Vera’s funding sources and prior federal contracts.
• Some Democrats publicly disagreed, with former Biden White House aide Yemisi Egbewole urging the party to address crime directly as voters weigh safety heavily.
• The messaging fight is unfolding as Trump’s federal crime actions in Washington, D.C., are touted by Republicans as effective and cast by Democrats as a political power play.