{"id":1003755,"date":"2019-02-11T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003755"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:38","slug":"trump-will-lie-about-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-will-lie-about-el-paso\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Will Lie About El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is heading to El Paso, Texas today to pull yet another political stunt. To justify his ineffective, unnecessary and unwanted border wall, Trump will lie about crime in El Paso. Here\u2019s the truth:<\/p>\n

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Trump will lie about crime in El Paso and the effects of a border wall. He already has:<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump is wrong about crime in El Paso\u201d<\/p>\n

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FactCheck.org<\/a>: \u201cTrump Wrong About Wall Effect in El Paso\u201d<\/p>\n

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PolitiFact<\/a>: \u201cNo, border barrier did not drive down crime in El Paso, Texas\u201d<\/p>\n

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The truth is that El Paso was never considered one of the most dangerous cities. Violent crime was at historic lows before a border fence was built, and actually ticked up after its completion.<\/p>\n

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PolitiFact<\/a>: \u201cTo start, El Paso has not been considered one of the nation\u2019s most dangerous cities. Its violent crime rate has been significantly below the national average compared to cities of similar size.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NBC News<\/a>: \u201cViolent crime has been dropping in El Paso since its modern-day peak in 1993 and was at historic lows before a fence was authorized by Congress in 2006. Violent crime actually ticked up during the border fence’s construction and after its completion, according to police data collected by the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n

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El Paso\u2019s Republican mayor said Trump was \u201cnot factually correct,\u201d and El Paso\u2019s sheriff said Trump was using \u201cfalsehoods\u201d to justify his border wall.<\/p>\n

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NBC News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I believe he was given some misinformation,\u2019 Margo told CNN in an interview, adding the idea that El Paso was a lawless and dangerous place before fencing was built is \u2018not factually correct.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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NBC News<\/a>: \u201cThe city’s sheriff, Richard Wiles, a Democrat, disputed Trump’s characterization as \u2018falsehoods\u2019 used to \u2018justify the building of a 2,000 mile wall.\u2019 \u2018The facts are clear. While it is true that El Paso is one of the safest cities in the nation, it has never been … \u2018 \u2018considered one of our nation’s most dangerous cities,\u2019 \u2019 Wiles said in a statement provided to NBC News. \u2018And, El Paso was a safe city long before any wall was built. President Trump continues to give a false narrative about a great city that truly represents what this great nation is all about.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is heading to El Paso, Texas today to pull yet another political stunt. To justify his ineffective, unnecessary and unwanted border wall, Trump will lie about crime in El Paso. Here\u2019s the truth:   Trump will lie about crime in El Paso and the effects of a border wall. He already has:   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Will Lie About El Paso - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-will-lie-about-el-paso\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-11T19:17:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:09:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-will-lie-about-el-paso\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-will-lie-about-el-paso\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Will Lie About El Paso - 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