Many will recall the moment when ABC moderator David Muir interrupted Donald Trump to fact-check him in real time, claiming the FBI reported that crime was actually falling, which was contrary to the former president’s point. As we’ve reported extensively, Muir and his co-moderator Linsey Davis delivered one of the most biased, unprofessional performances in debate history, fact-checking Trump over and over and interrupting him regularly while letting Kamala Harris spew out lies unchallenged. It was a disgrace.
In a Trump-Vance campaign email Monday, the GOP nominee struck back and released statistics that he says show a large increase in crime during the Biden-Harris regime. He first pointed out that the FBI changed the way they collect the data (all formatting and links theirs):
Violent crime is up, not down, under Kamala Harris — but as usual, the Fake News isn’t telling the whole story
Violent crime hasn’t “dropped,” as the Fake News insists.
When Kamala took office, the FBI changed how it collects crime data. As a result, they’re missing data from nearly a third of the nation’s law enforcement agencies — including from many of the most violent cities, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and New Orleans.
If you’re missing data from Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and New Orleans, hoo boy, you’re not counting a whole lot of crime, as anyone who lives in one of those cities can tell you. Trump argues that there’s a better way to assess what’s really going on out there: look at the Victimization Survey:
A much more accurate picture emerges using data from the DOJ’s National Crime Victimization Survey, which shows crime rates remain WAY UP under Kamala — throwing a dagger straight through the heart of claims to the contrary by Democrats and their Fake News allies.
FACT: Violent crime is up 37% between 2020 and last year.
- Rape is up 42%.
- Robbery is up 63%.
- Assault is up 34%.
- Violent crime (excluding simple assault) is up 55%.
- Domestic violence is up 32%.
- Stranger violence is up 61%.
- Violent crime (with an injury) is up 10%.
- Violent crime (with a weapon) is up 56%.
- Motor vehicle theft is up 42%.
Anybody with any fu**ing common sense can see he is correct. Just look at the daily police blotter in out little neck of the woods and compare it to 2020.