Former President Donald Trump's claim that crime has been increasing was incorrectly fact-checked by ABC's David Muir during the debate Tuesday, The Gateway Pundit reported. Department of Justice data proves Trump was correct that crime is up by more than 40%, as ABC proves its bias.
During the presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump said that crime is increasing in the U.S. due to illegal immigration under her watch. "Crime is down all over the world except here. Crime here is up and through the roof," Trump said.
"Despite their fraudulent statements that they made, crime in this country is through the roof. We have a new form of crime. It’s called migrant crime, and it’s happening at levels that nobody thought possible," he added.
Muir jumped in to refute Trump's statement by asserting that "the FBI says overall, violent crime is actually coming down in this country." In reality, the Justice Department's numbers show a massive increase in crime since Trump left office.
According to recently released Department of Justice statistics, 4,558,150 violent crimes were reported in 2020. That number shot up to 6,419,060 in 2023, representing an increase of 40.8% in the years President Joe Biden and Harris have been in office.
Trump released a statement on his Truth Social Thursday with the statistics that proved him right. "MASSIVE NEWS! The Department of Justice just released brand new Crime Data showing I was absolutely and completely right at the Debate," Trump wrote.
"In fact, the Data is even worse than we could have ever imagined. Compared to 2020, Violent Crime is up nearly 40 percent, Rape is up 42 percent, Aggravated Assaults are up 55 percent, Violent Crime with a weapon is up 56 percent, Violent Attacks on strangers are up 61 percent, Car Theft is up 42 percent, and the most serious forms of Violent Crime are up 55 percent," Trump added.
"Our Cities are UNDER SIEGE. And this does not include the Migrant Crime and Migrant Rape spree that has overtaken our Cities in recent months. Kamala Crime is destroying America, and gangs are taking over!" he concluded.
The fact that Muir would even interject is appalling, considering this was supposed to be a candidates' debate. What's worse is that as Fox News pointed out, they did not fact-check Harris once during the evening while challenging Trump five times, including on crime.
Muir also challenged Trump on a developing story about Springfield, Ohio, pets being attacked by migrants. The moderator also objected to claims about late-term abortion despite proof that serval states have no limit on gestational age.
The moderator also jumped in while Trump answered a question about his role in stopping the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Trump asserted that he gave then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "10,000 National Guard or soldiers" ahead of the rally, which ultimately turned into unrest, but that "Nancy Pelosi rejected" the offer.
Muir said, "The question was about you as president, not about Former Speaker Pelosi." However, Muir never challenged Harris on the debunked "very fine people" comment Trump never made about neo-Nazis at a 2017 rally in Charlottesville or her other lies.
The mainstream media is corrupt and biased against Trump. This was a disgraceful moment for the supposedly objective media, showing why people increasingly mistrust them.
