During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, former President Donald Trump asserted that violent crime was up in the U.S. under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris; “Crime is through the roof,” Trump said.
Then, he was quickly “fact-checked” by debate moderator David Muir.
“President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country,” he said.
Now we’re learning that Trump’s initial claim was correct.
From The Washington Times:
Crime rates remained elevated last year under President Biden, according to Justice Department data released Thursday that challenges a prevailing media and White House narrative.
The data comes from a massive annual government-run survey of crime victims.
It found 22.5 of every 1,000 residents reported being the victim of a violent crime in 2023, and 102.2 per 1,000 reported facing a property crime.
Both are statistically unchanged from 2022 but are significantly higher than in 2020, the last year under President Trump.
The data said Americans aren’t reporting some of the most common crimes to police as often. Just 44% of self-reported robbery victims said they filed a police report last year, down substantially from 64% in 2022.
The numbers indicate that crime has risen under Mr. Biden and fell during the Trump administration, said John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, who has tracked the data over the years.
Trump shared information from the report at a press conference in Los Angeles on Friday.
Watch the clip below:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: In BREAKING NEWS yesterday, the premier statistical agency at the Justice Department announced that since 2020, violent crime nationwide is up 40%, rape is up 42%, car theft is up 42%, aggravated assaults are up 55%, and violent attacks on strangers are up much… pic.twitter.com/a0xRF0RrmE
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 13, 2024
Full report over at The Washington Times:
🚨Data backs up Trump on crime increase, violence up under Biden-Harris administration🚨 https://t.co/HzK6re9vCL
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) September 13, 2024
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