"They said, Crime's down 87%,' the president claimed, not explaining who they were. I said, no, no, no. It's more than 87%, virtually nothing. And much lesser things, things that take place in the home they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime. See? So now I can't claim 100%, but we are. We are a safe city."
"If Trump wanted to endorse domestic violence decriminalization, he may take some comfort in the status quo: as it is, about 24% of adult American women have been the victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline; the Centers for Disease Control, meanwhile, puts the proportion of women who have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner at 41%."
Donald Trump claimed that deploying National Guard troops eliminated crime in Washington and complained that domestic violence counts inflated crime statistics. He cited an 87% reduction without attribution and suggested domestic incidents should not be classified as crime. About 24% of adult American women report severe physical violence by an intimate partner, and 41% report contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner. Many incidents go unreported or unprosecuted, leaving perpetrators free. The administration has moved to cut federal grants to domestic violence nonprofits and sought to freeze funding for charities serving trans women and diversity programs, reducing resources for victims.
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