Chapter 9.5, Problem 26MS

Politics as usual. During the presidential campaign of 1968, it was reported that Richard Nixon made the following statement about his opponent, Hubert Humphrey: “Hubert Humphrey defends the policies under which we have seen crime rising 10 times as fast as the population. If you want your president to continue a do-nothing policy toward crime, vote for Humphrey. Hubert Humphrey sat on his hands and watched the United States become a nation where 50% of the American women are frightened to walk the streets at night.” Is this a logical reasoning fallacy? If so, what kind of fallacy is it, and what is the fallacy?