NC-AG: Candidate (R) shared false info on crime, then deleted it. His response? Ask my opponent
Republican Attorney General candidate and Congressman Dan Bishop shared fake information about crime statistics online Monday, then deleted his post.
Bishop shared an X post from right-wing personality Greg Price that falsely said FBI data claimed there were zero homicides in Los Angeles and New Orleans last year, and that FBI data showing a drop in crime “relies on” there being no homicides in those cities.
“The falsehoods we are expected to choke down are ridiculous,” Bishop wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
But the FBI data provides those numbers. The Los Angeles Police Department reported 325 homicides in 2023. New Orleans police reported 198.
The post Bishop shared only shows a screenshot of demographic data left blank.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article292975949.html#storylink=cpy
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