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Bruce Blakeman
stated on March 10, 2026 in a social media post:

As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 3, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in On Fox News:

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

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 5, 2022

Herschel Walker
stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad:

Raphael Warnock “called police thugs, then cut their funding.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2022

CatholicVote
stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad:

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

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2022

Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 in 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 in Newsletter:

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

By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022

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