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Thom Tillis fails at ultimate dodge when asked to defend Trump's wild claim
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The Lie Was the Point. The Silence Made It Work.
A Crime Wave Invented for the Campaign
Donald Trump told North Carolina voters that their state had become one of the nation’s most violent under former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. The FBI data cited in the reporting places North Carolina 21st, while national violent crime recorded its largest decline in the agency’s tracking history from 2024 to 2025. Trump was not describing the evidence. He was manufacturing a campaign weapon for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley.
Power Does Not Need Plausibility
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