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Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 an interview on NBC

Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026

JD Vance
stated on October 15, 2025 an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show

"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2025

X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post

California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”

By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025

JD Vance
stated on September 15, 2024 a CNN interview

In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”

By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2024

Republican Governors Association
stated on June 24, 2024 a campaign advertisement

“On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”

By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2024 a campaign event in Glendale, Ariz.

“There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2024

Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 a moderated conversation

“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024

Nancy Mace
stated on March 30, 2024 a post on X

“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2024

Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 a social media post

Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024

Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 remarks on CNN's "State of the Union"

“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023

X posts
stated on April 3, 2023 a Tweet

“Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.

By Grace Abels • April 7, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on March 28, 2023 a speech

In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023

Kris Mayes
stated on September 28, 2022 a debate

“We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.”

By Sydney Carruth • November 2, 2022

Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 a gubernatorial debate

"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."

By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 On Fox News

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips

October 5, 2022

Herschel Walker
stated on September 28, 2022 an ad

Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2022

CatholicVote
stated on August 17, 2022 an ad

Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”

September 1, 2022

Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 News release

In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”

By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 Newsletter

On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”

By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022

Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 21, 2022 a Senate judiciary committee hearing

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”

By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2022

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