Lie October 28, 2019 · Speech · Crime

“In the two years before my election, violent crime increased 8 percent. Murders were up by more than 20 percent, and going a lot higher, nationwide -- the steepest two-year consecutive increase in over 50 years. But with your help, all of that is changing and changing very rapidly.”

Said
October 28, 2019
Where
Speech
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Crime
Repeated
13 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 15185)

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