Buttigieg’s Fox News interview on Sunday has taken off on social media after he called attention to crime rates under former President Donald Trump.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s “master class” Fox News interview on Sunday about key issues in this year’s presidential election has taken off on social media.
During an interview appearance on Fox News Sunday, Buttigieg, who has emerged as a top choice to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in this year’s presidential election after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race last Sunday, discussed immigration and crime.
When speaking with anchor Shannon Bream about how the Republican National Convention (RNC) talked about the intersectionality of immigration and crime, Buttigieg criticized the lack of attention to crime rates under former President Donald Trump, the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee.
“The false message of the RNC was that this [immigration] was leading to an increase in crime”, Buttigieg said.
Bream then interjected, “If people had not been in this country illegally, people would still be alive.”
However, Buttigieg quickly added: “Of course there are individual cases, but this is my point right, trying to make people think that crime is up when crime is down under Joe Biden and crime was up under Donald Trump. Now I don’t know how often that gets reported on this network. So if you’re watching this at home, do yourself a favor and look up the data.”
Bream responded, “We invite that.”
There have been 2,222,770 encounters with migrants nationwide so far in the 2024 fiscal year, which began in October, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.
However, research has indicated that immigrants commit less crimes than U.S.-born people.
NPR previously reported research from economist Ran Abramitzky from Stanford University found that since the 1960s, immigrants are 60 percent less likely to be incarcerated than U.
