A new study conducted by Third Way found that the murder rates in states that voted for Trump eclipsed Blue states that voted for Biden.
Actually, Trump-voting red states had a 40% higher murder rate that Biden’s voting bloc.
Wait, what?
Has Fox News been lying to us?
Axios reported that , ” Third Way’s report analyzed homicide data for all 50 states from 2000 through 2020, using CDC data.”
“Four reliably-red states consistently made the top of the list — Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri.”
Has George Soros purchased the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Missouri right under Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s nose?
Third Way then looked at homicide rates from the year 2000, and guess what they found.
In this study, we collected homicide data from 2000 through 2020 for all 50 states from the Center of Disease Control Wonder’s National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Data. Data is based on death certificates collected by state registries and provided to the National Vital Statistics System.
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We found that the murder rate in Trump-voting states has exceeded the murder rate in Biden-voting states every year this century. Cumulatively, overall murder rates since 2000 were on average 23% higher in Trump-voting states.
Oops.
Fox News and Republicans pushed the crime narrative during the run-up to the 2022 midterms like crackheads after a fix.
As Digby notes in her post Red State Killing Fields, “Democrats are not allowed to make this point because it’s disrespectful of Real Americans in red states. Only Republicans can insult people who live in cities and blue states calling them depraved hellholes infested with criminals and deviants. It’s the law.”
I’m no fan of Third Way, but facts are facts.
Will the media even bother looking or do what they usually do and channel right-wing talking points?
It’s up to the Democratic Party to call out the lazy media and lying Republicans whenever they bring up the issue of crime and cite this study.
