At the Presidential Debate, Trump Again Falsely Claimed Crime Is Rising
Posted on AllSides September 11th, 2024
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During Tuesday's presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump repeated his false claim that crime is rising.
Crime has been going down everywhere else around the world, Trump said at ABC News' debate in Philadelphia, but "crime in this country is through the roof."
In fact, the 2020 crime wave has been receding for the past two years. Violent crime dropped in 2022 and 2023 and, according to preliminary data, is on track for another steep drop in 2024. The FBI's Quarterly Uniform Crime Report for the first...
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