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The media covers up crime:

Since 2020, total serious violent crime (rape, robbery, and aggravated assault), the categories that correspond to the FBI’s measure of violent crime, has soared. Total violent crime was 55.4% higher in 2023 than when the Biden-Harris administration took office. Rapes were up by 42%, robbery by 63%, and aggravated assault by 55%. The increases during the Biden-Harris administration are by far the largest percentage increases over any three-year period on record, more than doubling the previous record. Even after several days, the media has failed to mention these huge increases. The Associated Press ran a “fact-check” on Sept. 13 after President Trump held a press conference in California. Relying on a statement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ acting director that while the rate of violent victimizations in 2023 was higher than it was in 2020 and 2021, it was not statistically different from the pre-COVID rate in 2019, when Trump was president. Note the AP doesn’t mention whether the rate is statistically different than in 2020 or 2021. Nor does it mention how large the increases are. Trump’s point was that violent crime had increased during the Biden-Harris administration. The rate in 2022 was statistically significantly higher than in either of those previous years. The violent crime rate in 2022 and 2023 was also significantly higher.

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