Fox News Discussion Turns Tense and Personal After Guest Points Out Crime is Higher in Red States

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Fox News panel show Outnumbered had a liberal guest, Jenna Arnold, join the program Thursday and she diverted the show into a very tense, personal discussion about crime levels in the U.S. after she noted that “crime is higher in red and Republican states more than it is in liberal cities.”

The comment created a quick backlash from the other four panelists as Arnold took aim at a common theme on Fox News — rising crime in “blue” states and cities. Arnold later cited her sourcing, the public policy think tank Third Way, which published a report in March 2022 that found that in 2020 the “per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden.”

“I also think we have to look at crime in a really important, inquisitive, and civil way,” Arnold said in a discussion about criminal sentencing.

“If you look at counties and cities and states, crime is higher in red and Republican states more than it is in liberal cities. And so I think we have to stop saying, oh, it’s just this policy by this one governor or mayor, president, and really take a step back and say there are some defendants that want space there, some that don’t. And what policies are and aren’t working,” Arnold concluded, before her fellow panelists pounced.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fox-news-discussion-turns-tense-and-personal-after-guest-points-out-crime-is-actually-higher-in-red-states/ar-AAZzi81

[Phoenix61]

1. They always get so pissy when confronted with facts. nt

[sop]

2. "It is a well known fact that reality has liberal bias." - Stephen Colbert

[Delarage]

3. Wow

I looked up the study and it is fascinating and obvious at the same time: the states with the lowest rates of gun ownership have the lowest rates of gun deaths, with the opposite also being true. But they love to splash headlines like "10 people shot in Chicago this weekend" which, per capita, is less than were probably shot in Alabama or wherever.

[progressoid]

4. Ha!

Fox viewers don't give a shit about facts. They listen to emotions .

But kudos to Jenna for trying.