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False Narratives

The FBI released data showing that violent crime was down in 2022, but hate crimes increased. This is directly at odds with the right-wing narrative that “democrat-run” cities are post-apocalyptic hellscapes that have “no-go zones”.

This report from Foxnews is hilarious. It describes a heritage foundation report saying that the analysis showing that violent crime is more prevalent per capita in Republican run states than in Democratic run states is flawed because “crime occurs on a local level”. I find this funny because, on the one hand, they argue that policies in blue states lead to higher crime, but then state that crime cannot be analyzed on a state level, because crime is hyper local.

It is also amusing that they then proceed to point out that most crime happens where most people live. Shocking! And, cities are run by democrats!

Amazing.

But the truth is simple – there is no spike in violent crime. The narrative is simply not true. And yet, so much of their base believes the opposite. . .