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Jon Stewart debunks Republicans’ city crime narrative

Trump called the RNC host city of Milwaukee a horrible place and is now trying to pass the insult off as a concern about crime. Jon Stewart digs into the right wing’s fearmongering obsession: crime in big cities. Republicans want you to believe that “lawless” Democrats are to blame, but when it comes to Democratic-run city crime, it turns out the guns are coming from red states.

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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