Trump's Latest Claim About Crime Is A Real Doozy
Most people who’ve been around since 2015 are probably aware that Donald Trump tells a helluva lot of lies.
But his latest exaggeration was a real doozy, even for him.
“You can’t walk across the street to get a loaf of bread. You get shot, you get mugged, you get raped, you get whatever it may be,” Trump said on Tuesday during a visit to Howell, Michigan, while standing in front of two sheriffs. “You’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it.”
Currently, law enforcement in this country doesn’t keep track of how many rapes, shootings or muggings occur while someone is crossing the street to buy a loaf of bread.
But a study of FBI data by the Pew Research Center released in April shows that the violent crime rate fell 49% between 1993 and 2022, with large decreases in the rates of robbery (down 74%), aggravated assault (down 39%) and murder/nonnegligent manslaughter (down 34%) ― all crimes Trump mentioned in his fact-free diatribe.
Speaking of which: Here’s a link, courtesy of journalist Aaron Rupar.
Trump claims you can't walk across the street to get a loaf of bread without getting raped and shot pic.twitter.com/iFUp818Nxl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 20, 2024
Not surprisingly, many people on X, formerly Twitter, called out the former president’s bogus statements in hilarious fashion.
I literally just ran into the store to grab some groceries, including eggs and bread.
I was neither raped nor shot. https://t.co/d6yBPGy0Od— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) August 20, 2024
He’s right, I got shot at by some kids on the weekend. It was a birthday pool party and it was a water gun but I still got shot at. https://t.co/H0v9ctfoJN
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) August 20, 2024
I need everyone to film themselves walking across the street to get bread stat.
— Matt Gaetz Forehead (@mattgaetz4head) August 20, 2024
Wow. Good thing I’m on the same side of the street as my local bread store.
— SnarkTank (@TheSnarkTank99) August 20, 2024
Apparently we live in Les Miz. https://t.co/2mruZOcFZR
— Zach Halper (@Zanath10) August 20, 2024
E. Jean Carroll was on her way to get a loaf of bread? https://t.co/b3XiSH4FT3
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 20, 2024
Those two Sheriff's Deputies have that same look on their faces that Coronavirus Response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx had when Trump asked her about injecting yourself with bleach...
— Kenneth W. Smith, Esq #IBringReceipts (@Attysmith) August 20, 2024
— The Water Man ⭕ (@halwaterman) August 20, 2024
Where does he live???? Sounds very dangerous. https://t.co/OYZyDmlXUZ
— Mark Schweitzer (@MarkSchweitzer) August 20, 2024
Says the rapist who is working very hard to make sure everyone has the ability to continue shooting school children with AR-15s.
What a remorseless a**hole.#TrumpIsDone— Keith Ferguson (@WhoIsKF) August 20, 2024
It's like they told him to talk about policy and in his brain he thought that meant to talk quietly. He's saying the same crazy stuff just in a "put you to sleep" voice. https://t.co/sjaYnHlViZ
— John Lutz (@ShutupLutz) August 20, 2024
I can’t imagine Trump’s continued rhetoric about getting raped is registering much with Independents with the E. Jean Carrol & Stormy Daniels verdicts hanging over his head… https://t.co/nFJ8twCYVE
— Chris Towler (@blkprofcct) August 20, 2024
