Dot.@feddit.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTrump Says Crime Is Up. Harris Says It’s Down. Who’s Right?www.thefp.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down136
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minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·18 days agoTLDR: It has lowered since the 90s if you trust the FBI. Facts dont matter in the GOP’s Vibefest tho.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 days agoNewt Gingrich: People feel violent crime is up, so I’ll go with that instead of the facts.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 days agoThere was a spike in crime during the early 2020’s, but aside from that, you are correct. Crime has steadily been going down ever since we removed lead from gasoline. (are those things related? Probably?)
TLDR: It has lowered since the 90s if you trust the FBI. Facts dont matter in the GOP’s Vibefest tho.
Newt Gingrich: People feel violent crime is up, so I’ll go with that instead of the facts.
There was a spike in crime during the early 2020’s, but aside from that, you are correct.
Crime has steadily been going down ever since we removed lead from gasoline. (are those things related? Probably?)