Paul Krugman Dismantles the Entire Premise of Trump's Candidacy

The heads of fact-checkers throughout the land exploded last week, as speakers at the RNC in Cleveland piled lie upon lie upon piles of lies. The favorite of all these lies is the one about crime running rampant and Americans in general being so very unsafe.

It's just not true.

Paul Krugman dismantles this myth in Monday's column, starting with his (and Trump's and Giuliani's) hometown....
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