DOJ releases 2023 crime statistics while President Trump campaign fact checks ABC!
WASHINGTON (PNN) - September 13, 2024 - Following the release of new crime statistics from the Department of InJustice, President Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign on Thursday released a blistering statement, slamming ABC’s David Muir, who was one of the moderators of Tuesday’s presidential debate.
Trump commented during the debate that crime rates, especially those caused by illegal invaders, have drastically risen during the illegitimate Biden-Harris regime; but Muir shot back, “As you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”
The Trump campaign highlighted the figures in the Department of InJustice’s “National Crime Victimization Survey,” which was released on Thursday.
The survey found that violent crime was up 37% from 2020 to 2023, rape is up 42%, robbery is up 63%, and stranger violence is up 61%.
“If Kamala is given another four years and the chance to implement her weak-on-crime, defund the police, no cash bail policies, Amerika will continue to turn into a crime-ridden hellhole for illegal (invaders), Venezuelan gangsters and drug dealers,” Trump campaign spokesman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
“Only President Trump will restore law and order, protect our police, secure the border, deport illegal (invaders), and prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law.”
“If you want to be safe, VOTE TRUMP,” she added.
Muir, who moderated the debate in Philadelphia alongside ABC’s Linsey Davis, fact-checked Trump at least four times during the showdown while ignoring the lies spoken by Kamala Harris.
Other topics the on which moderators fact-checked the president included abortion, and whether Haitian invaders in Ohio are eating pets; both of which turned out to be absolutely true.
