re: *LIVE* Donald J. Trump press conference. 10am ET

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Thanks, I realize that you're probably being sarcastic, but I appreciate the threads you start

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Not sarcastic. Maybe I was wrong. I can admit a mistake and will trust what you are telling me.

I thought it was a meandering press conference, he should have led with the news that he will seize cartel assets and led with the 3 minute AD on the poor girl murdered in Texas.

At this point, I think he's better off to just not mention the PR joke thing instead of apologizing for it. The news cycle moves so fast that people will be onto something else in a day or two.

This is the best I could find on Venezuela's murder rate trend. So from this, looks like the base number for comparison is 29.43 in 2020.

So, 26.3 in 2023 IS a drop...it's just not a 70% one. I realize we might be looking at different sources.

Where did you get your numbers? What was the homicide rate in 2020, the year before the implementation of the Harris open border?

"Venezuela Murder/Homicide Rate 1990-2024
• Murder/Homicide Rate
Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
• Venezuela murder/homicide rate for 2021 was 19.31, a 34.4% decline from 2020.
• Venezuela murder/homicide rate for 2020 was 29.43, a 28.2% decline from 2019.
• Venezuela murder/homicide rate for 2019 was 40.98, a 14.58% decline from 2017.
• Venezuela murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 47.98, a 15.26% decline from 2016."

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