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kennetha

(3,666 posts)
3. This is silly
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:53 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary lied by saying something true? People are too dumb to understand the difference between "per capita" and absolute figures? What American's can't get beyond junior high math?


Vermont does provide the highest per capita number of guns tied to crimes in New York. This point resonated with audience members, who gasped when she told them this factoid. But as much as the Clinton campaign may want to blame Sanders or his home state for the guns in New York, this is a misleading data point.
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