Despite the fearmongering from the MAGA candidate, violent crime in America is at a historic low thanks to the Biden-Harris administration.
According to a statement shared by President Joe Biden on Saturday, an independent organization of police chiefs from across our nation’s biggest cities released data showing that violent crime fell across every category in the first half of 2024.
"When Vice President Harris and I took office," the President writes, "our nation had just seen the largest increase in murders ever recorded during the previous administration. Immediately, we got to work to make communities safer."
Homicides are down 17% under President Biden, the largest-ever decline in the homicide rate nationally since last year.
The President credits the American Rescue Plan, which every Republican voted against, for the decline. The ACR "delivered $15 billion to cities and states to invest in public safety and violence prevention, keeping cops on the beat while working with community leaders to interrupt and prevent crime," the President's statement outlines.
President Biden also signed the most significant gun violence legislation in nearly 30 years, "which is keeping guns out of dangerous hands by expanding background checks and helping states implement 'red flag' laws, he writes.
"Americans are safer today than when Vice President Harris and I took office," the statement continues. "We can’t stop now. That’s why I will continue to urge Congress to fund 100,000 additional police officers, crime prevention and community violence intervention programs, and make commonsense gun safety reforms such as a ban on assault weapons."