Thursday, August 15, 2024

Democrats Are Hiding the Rise in Violent Crime with Tricky Statistics

By John Lott

“Make no mistake, violent crime was up under Donald Trump,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz warned in his first speech as Kamala Harris’ running mate. “If you look this up at home,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg claimed last month, “you will know that crime went down under Biden and crime went up under Trump. Why would America want to go back to the higher crime we experienced under Donald Trump?” But the opposite is true: Between 2016 and 2020, violent crime fell by 17% under Trump - and soared by 43% under Biden between 2020 and 2022. [more...]

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