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Donald Trump: “David Muir said the crime rates have gone down. I said, no…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Because I had to debate three people, not one. Debating one was easy. Debating three was actually pretty easy, too, if you want to know the truth. But David. David Muir said the crime rates have gone down. I said, no, they've gone up. And then the following day, they released the crime rates, and they were way up. Yeah. The FBI statistics. You're talking about those FBI statistics? Well, no, but he gave. He gave the wrong. Confusing, based on what you're looking at. But a lot of that is migrant. (21:00–21:09)

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Asserts that crime rates have increased, contrary to David Muir's statement.

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