Controversy Surrounds Marine Veteran's Involvement in Jordan Neely's Death.

Republicans are portraying Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged with fatally choking Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway, as a victim of out-of-control crime in major Democratic cities. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis encouraged his Twitter followers to contribute to Penny’s legal defense fund, fueling a surge in donations that brought the former Marine’s haul from $280,000 to over $2 million in a matter of days. The new messaging by Republicans extends a tough-on-crime political strategy that helped the GOP secure several House seats last year in the suburbs outside of deep-blue New York City.