Dems flip script on GOP crime agenda, targeting RNC convention plans with surprising name

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FIRST ON FOX: Democrats are launching a major attack on Republicans' plans for their party convention that reportedly include former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was pardoned by the former president after being convicted on bank and tax fraud charges in 2018.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is using the possibility of Manafort's involvement with the convention to flip the script on Republicans' usual tough-on-crime agenda, blasting them for opening the party to "tax cheats and fraudsters," in addition to the "absolute weirdos" it says are already taking over the party.

"This year’s Republican National Convention is shaping up to be a giant stage for Donald Trump’s soft-on-crime agenda. From pushing pardons for violent insurrectionists to elevating convicted tax cheats and fraudsters like Paul Manafort, Trump’s GOP is quickly becoming the ideal spot for anyone convicted of a felony," DNC spokesperson Alex Floyd told Fox News Digital.

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"Manafort will fit right in with the C-Team of election deniers, conspiracy theorists, and absolute weirdos that make up Donald Trump’s MAGA takeover of the GOP," the organization said in a separate statement earlier this week. "This latest report just confirms