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Misty » 19 Dec 2016 12:07 pm » wrote:Is he absolutely right when he says that the murder rate is the highest it's been in 45 years?

When Trump began using this talking point, he was citing FBI data showing homicides were up 10.8 percent nationwide in 2015. That was the
biggest percentage jump in a single year since 1971.


Yep, 1971 + 45 = 2016
Looks like Trump was right.