FALSEHOOD #30: Biden falsely claimed that Republican cities were the cities seeing a significant rise in crime.

During the presidential debates, Trump said, “I think it’s a party issue. You can bring in a couple of examples but when you look at Chicago, what’s going on in Chicago where 53 people were shot and eight died … If you look at New York where it’s going up like nobody has ever seen anything. Numbers are going up 100, 150, 200% crime.”

Biden replied, “Republican cities.”

EXPLANATION: This is false. Liberal cities, not Republican cities, are known to be high-crime areas.

Often strong liberal cities lead the nation in the most heinous crimes— murder, rape, assault, and mass shootings.

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TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCES OF MURDER AND NON-NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER PER 100,000 RESIDENTS IN 2018

1. Baltimore
2. Detroit
3. New Orleans
4. Memphis
5. Kansas City
6. Washington, DC
7. Cleveland
8. Philadelphia
9. Chicago
10. Indianapolis

(Source: Statutes of Limitations)

TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF RAPE PER 100,000 RESIDENTS IN 2018

1. New Orleans
2. Detroit
3. Cleveland
4. Tulsa
5. Oakland
6. Colorado Springs
7. Minneapolis
8. Denver
9. Las Vegas
10. Wichita

(Source: Statutes of Limitations)

TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE MOST MASS SHOOTINGS PER CAPITA

1. St. Louis
2. New Orleans
3. Baltimore
4. Chicago
5. Washington
6. Atlanta
7. Philadelphia
8. Detroit
9. Houston
10. New York City

(Source: Gun Violence Archives)

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