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Eric Holder: Despite the fiction and the fear mongering you've heard from the other party's nominee, violent crime has gone down…

On the recordJuly 25, 2016
Despite the fiction and the fear mongering you've heard from the other party's nominee, violent crime has gone down since President Obama took office.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Eric Holder counters claims made by Donald Trump regarding crime rates, asserting that crime has decreased under President Obama's administration.

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