Lie March 4, 2019 · Remarks · Crime

“In the two years before my inauguration, violent crime was up substantially -- very substantially -- and murders had increased by more than 20 percent.”

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March 4, 2019
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Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
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Crime
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