Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's crime narrative falling apart.

Trump has repeatedly tried to blame blue policies for high crime rates.

The stats don't actually support that, at all really.

If, as Trump claims, it was blue policies that led to high crime rates, where would you

expect to find the most crime?

Blue cities and blue states, right?

I mean, after all, basic civics tells you that when you're talking about serious crimes, those laws are set at the

state level, not the city. In fact, it's kind of silly to think city ordinances really have any

kind of major impact on violent crime. According to an analysis of new FBI crime stats,

the top 10 cities for homicides are Jackson, Mississippi,

Birmingham, Alabama, St. Louis, Missouri, Memphis, Tennessee, Baltimore, Maryland. Hey, look,

finally got a blue state. Detroit, Michigan. Spoiler, the rest are red. Cleland, Ohio, Dayton, Ohio, Kansas City, Missouri,

and Shreveport, Louisiana. Wow. 80% are in red states. Weird. Yeah. Despite Trump posting,

quote, Chicago is the murder capital of the world in all caps.

Chicago isn't in the top 10 or even top 20.

Indianapolis actually has a higher rate than Chicago.

The trend isn't blue cities and blue states.

But see, even this is misleading, because this only includes cities with

more than 100,000 residents. Contrary to popular belief, some small towns or rural counties

actually have higher homicide rates than big cities. What we have here is a case of politicians

using preconceived notions and confirmation bias to make people feel like they're tackling a problem when they're not.

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