Republicans, eager to scare the public, spent the 2024 campaign season desperately trying to convince Americans that the U.S. was in the midst of a devastating crime wave.
As new evidence from the FBI proves, they were brazenly lying. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fbi-proves-republicans-spent-2024-pointing-crime-wave-didnt-exist-rcna223331
Steve Benen
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