To the editor:

Walter Davis’ recent letter was as wrong as wrong can be.

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mikerins

Jim, it's you that's lost the plot of the Trump Administration; authoritarianism, illegal executive orders, disastrous economic policies, child-like attacks on anyone who doesn't fawn over him or go along with his idiotic ideas.

And you're still repeating gross lies that are easily disproven, like the bold-faced lie that crime had increased under Biden, which is the opposite of what happened. You could look it up, though I know it's easier for you to just repeat whatever BS Trump and his idiotic minions like Karoline Leavitt, who continues to embarrass New Hampshire on a daily basis.

MEPD Ret

Mike:

Revised FBI Data: The FBI initially reported a decrease in violent crime for 2022, but later revised those figures to show an increase.

Significant Increase in Violent Crimes: The revised 2022 data indicated a substantial increase in murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults compared to the initial report.

Discrepancies with NCVS Data: The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which includes unreported crimes, presented a different picture, suggesting a more significant rise in violent crime than the FBI's initial or revised figures.

So there's that...

mikerins

MEPD, yes, that one year the revised data showed worse results than originally reported. The same source also then reported a decrease in violent crime from 2022 to 2023, and keep in mind the 2022 numbers even when revised were lower than during Trump's term. However, the whole issue is extremely complex, and the bigger point is that the MAGA crowd and their media mouthpieces like Fox and NewsMax continue to promote the false claim that crime was up dramatically from Trump's first term to Biden's term. That is the much larger point than singular data points from a singular year that are debatable and complex. So there's that...

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