‘I’m Looking At Your Chart’: Byron Donalds Takes On CNN Host, Dem Guest Over Crime Trend During Biden-Harris Admin

Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida clashed with “CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillip and Democratic strategist Keith Boykin Monday night after Boykin claimed Donalds was “lying” about crime increasing.

FBI statistics released in September showed a 3% decline in violent crime nationally, according to CNN, although some experts have noted discrepancies between local crime stats and those released by the Bureau. Donalds argued that crime was going up before Boykin cut him off, claiming that the Republican congressman was lying.

“Crime is not massively up, that’s a lie!” Boykin shouted. “You’re lying! You’re lying! The FBI just released data this week that crime is going down! Oh my God… Abby, why do you let this man lie?”

The back and forth continued with Boykin and Donalds accusing each other of lying as Phillip tried to restore order, before questioning Donalds, pointing to the FBI statistics.

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“If you look at crime rates in the United States since the pandemic to this current point, this current period in time, crime is up, over the years, crime is up, violent crime is up,” Donalds explained, before Phillip again referred to the crime stats.

“Well, I’m looking at your chart right now, 2021 is when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office, look at that spike up in violent crime,” Donalds explained.