Federal data shows the national crime rate has dropped under President Biden

Federal data shows the national crime rate has dropped under President Biden

Donald Trump backed out of an interview after a local paper asked him for data to back up his continued baseless claims that crime is on the rise under President Joe Biden.

The Detroit News reported that Trump’s campaign had agreed to an interview with the former president on Tuesday after a campaign speech. However, the campaign suddenly claimed Trump no longer had time for the interview after a reporter began probing them on crime data.

“The Trump campaign had initially agreed that Trump would participate in an interview with The Detroit News on Tuesday,” state politics reporter Craig Mauger wrote. “But after the newspaper began asking about the Michigan crime data before the event, a campaign aide said the presidential candidate no longer had time for an interview after the speech.”

  • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    I liked this at the end of the article:

    The Washington Post estimated that during his presidency, Trump made more than 30,000 false or misleading statements.

    • eltrain123@lemmy.world
      50·
      2 months ago

      30,000 / (365*4) = 20.548

      More than 20 per day, everyday… for 4 years. That’s more than 1 per hour if you exclude the hours he was sleeping. And factoring in all his time playing golf instead of working, he pretty much didn’t say anything that wasn’t a lie.