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Trump pulls out of interview after paper questions dubious claims about crime rate

Federal data shows the national crime rate has dropped under President Biden

Donald Trump backed out of an interview after a local paper asked him for data to back up his continued baseless claims that crime is on the rise under President Joe Biden.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/20/donald-trump-howell-michigan-crime-campaign-speech-kamala-harris-illegal-immigration/74844154007/ that Trump’s campaign had agreed to an interview with the former president on Tuesday after a campaign speech. However, the campaign suddenly claimed Trump no longer had time for the interview after a reporter began probing them on crime data.

“The Trump campaign had initially agreed that Trump would participate in an interview with The Detroit News on Tuesday,” state politics reporter Craig Mauger wrote. “But after the newspaper began asking about the Michigan crime data before the event, a campaign aide said the presidential candidate no longer had time for an interview after the speech.”

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FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Pulling out of a scheduled interview as part of a presidential campaign because the interviewer wants you to back up your claim sure is a weird thing to do.

solsangraal ,

back up your claim

i can’t recall a single claim he’s ever made that he “backed up” with anything other than “everybody says so” or something similar

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Oh he couldn’t possibly back up his lies. But I love that he’s so terrified of the press asking him to do it that he’s running away from them.

Xtallll ,
@Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

He had sharpy on a map to back up a claim once.

solsangraal ,

yea, because it’s the people who make their entire living being experts on the weather who are wrong, not this blubbering moron who refuses to let his school transcripts be made public

henfredemars ,

Aren’t the questions usually arranged beforehand? You think that one would prepare in advance.

AbidanYre ,

What a coward

Spitzspot ,
@Spitzspot@lemmings.world avatar

Convicted felon Trump’s kryptonite is a followup question.

Enthusiasticwhale ,

Pretty much… Weird coward still is a coward

HubertManne ,

I really wish this had been more of a thing in the lead up to the first election. Yes um source?

foggy ,

So your source is “trust me bro”?

dogsnest ,
@dogsnest@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bfe33f4e-5fbc-4b3b-90f5-6eeb27ebef95.gif

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

Talking about crime scares him. He’s very worried the orange uniform will clash with his “tan”.

ObviouslyNotBanana ,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

That’s pretty weird.

AnarchoSnowPlow ,

Soft.

SlippiHUD ,
@SlippiHUD@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/80d5df0c-0223-41fe-96d0-a74196eab239.jpeg

Hominine ,
@Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

D’ya Like Dags?

nullroot ,

Dags?

Pandantic ,
@Pandantic@midwest.social avatar

I liked this at the end of the article:

The Washington Post estimated that during his presidency, Trump made more than 30,000 false or misleading statements.

eltrain123 ,

30,000 / (365*4) = 20.548

More than 20 per day, everyday… for 4 years. That’s more than 1 per hour if you exclude the hours he was sleeping. And factoring in all his time playing golf instead of working, he pretty much didn’t say anything that wasn’t a lie.

ThePantser ,
@ThePantser@lemmy.world avatar

So the key to keep him running away is to have the media actually ask him real questions? Let’s keep asking and he’ll never be on TV again other than fox.

peopleproblems ,

He’s really banking on the crazies overthrowing the election isn’t he?

DandomRude , (edited )
@DandomRude@lemmy.world avatar

I watched the debate between Trump and Biden and could hardly believe that there were no fact checks at all from the moderators. Sure, it would have been good if Biden had pointed out more clearly that almost every statement Trump made was factually incorrect. But can you really just tell any tall tales in your presidential debates without even mentioning any facts? That seems absurd. Is that the norm for presidential debates in the US? Or is it just that Trump would not have participated if there were fact checks?

IamSparticles ,

Do you think for a second that Trump would agree to a debate with fact checking?

Transporter_Room_3 ,
@Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

That is a very weird way to phrase “Old man throws temper tantrum and refuses to do previously agreed upon interview when called out for lying”

As far as I’m concerned, every media outlet that sugarcoats things, or misrepresent things, or otherwise skews the truth about what the MAGAts are up to are 100% in bed with Republicans, and are mouthpieces for the MAGAgenda

Cadeillac ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

Someone got me on that scared, scared little man gif? I haven’t quite figured them out on Boost, not that I tried terribly hard

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