What Trump Said:
“The murder rate in Baltimore and Detroit is higher than El Salvador, Guatemala or even Afghanistan.”
This Is False:
Baltimore and Detroit do have higher murder rates than Guatemala and Afghanistan, but El Salvador’s rate is higher. Regardless, comparing the crime rates of cities to that of entire countries is misleading.
https://twitter.com/CurtMills/status/1275022199183880192
Their “debunking” is bunk.
h/t CrsCrpr
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