Trump Appears To Cite Chicago Crime Numbers Pushed By Fox's Bill O'Reilly

[DonViejo]

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JANUARY 25, 2017, 8:35 AM EDT

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night published a tweet threatening to "send in the feds" if Chicago does not reduce its crime rate, and Trump appeared to use numbers shown on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show on Tuesday.

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!

9:25 PM - 24 Jan 2017
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O'Reilly on Tuesday night displayed numbers showing that there have been 228 shootings and 42 homicides in Chicago so far this year.



However, the numbers don't line up with the statistics recorded by the Chicago police. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told NBC News that there have been 38 homicides and 182 shootings in the city so far in 2017.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-chicago-crime-o-reilly

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. According to Chicago police, these are the true numbers as of last evening.

According to Chicago Police, as of Tuesday evening, so far in 2017 there have been 182 shootings in Chicago and 38 killings, up from 33 this time last year. The number of shootings was the same, police said.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/01/24/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-if-chicago-doesnt-fix-carnage/

[dalton99a]

2. We have a president who spends his time watching RW lies on TV and rebroadcasts them worldwide as

official facts

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. His biographer, Tony Schwartz, said the same.

He watches TV because he has a short attention span.

Schwartz doubted that Trump read a book during his entire adult life.

Now there's leaks from concerned aides that he spends most of his time watching TV. Gee, what a surprise!