Trump Hits Democrats on Crime, Taxes to Boost NY’s Lawler (1)

President Donald Trump assailed Democrats over crime levels in blue jurisdictions as he sought to boost one of the Republican Party’s most vulnerable lawmakers during a campaign stop in New York.

“The streets are dirty. The crime is out of control,” Trump said at an event in Suffern, a suburb of New York City represented by Mike Lawler, who faces an uphill climb to win reelection the US House in November’s midterm election.

Trump said Democratic policies on crime and taxes were leading to an exodus of businesses and taxpayers from the nation’s financial capital, ...