“Venezuelan crime is down 72%”The speech supplied no source or methodology for the figure or the claim that migration caused it.
Transcript location: 00:33:56
Campaign rally · 2024-07-27
St. Cloud: Trump Suggests Holding a Rally in Venezuela
About this speech
Trump claimed that Venezuela had exported criminals to the United States and suggested holding a future event there because he believed the country had become safer.
What stands out in this speech
The Venezuela detour rested on an asserted 72-percent crime drop and a speculative explanation for it, neither established in the speech.
“we’ll go to Venezuela or someplace in South America”Trump turned the claim into a joke about finding a safer location for a future rally.
Transcript location: 00:34:11
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