STUDY: Murder Rates Highest In States Won By Trump

Yahoo News reports:

Republican politicians routinely claim that cities run by Democrats have been experiencing crime waves caused by failed governance, but a new study shows murder rates are actually higher in states and cities controlled by Republicans.

“We’re seeing murders in our cities, all Democrat-run,” former President Donald Trump asserted at a March 26 rally in Georgia. “People are afraid to go out.” But a comparison of violent crime rates in jurisdictions controlled by Democrats and Republicans tells a very different story.

The study found that murder rates in the 25 states Trump carried in 2020 are 40% higher overall than in the states Biden won. The five states with the highest per capita murder rate — Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama and Missouri — all lean Republican and voted for Trump.

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