White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt again Tweets out our new op-ed piece at The Federalist titled: "D.C.’s Murder Rate Is More Than 500% Higher Than The Average State." (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)
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At The Federalist: D.C.’s Murder Rate Is More Than 500% Higher Than The Average State
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. Democrats insist Washington, D.C. doesn’t face a crime problem. “I walk around all the time. I wake up early in the morning … and I feel perfectly safe.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...
On The Wilkow Majority: To Discuss Crime in DC
Dr. John Lott talked to Andrew Wilkow on SiriusXM’s The Wilkow Majority about crime statistics in Washington, DC. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at Real Clear Politics titled "Trump Admin Efforts Could Sharply Reduce DC Crime." (Tuesday, August 12, 2025,...
On The Vicki McKenna Show: To Discuss Trump’s Tariffs
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about Trump’s tariffs. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at the New York Post titled "Hey, experts — admit what you got so wrong on Trump’s tariffs." (Thursday, August 7, 2025)...
The D.C. Police Union says that Mayor Bowser’s Claim that the Crime-data Manipulation is Isolated to One Precinct is “Preposterous.” Trump is Justified in Auditing the D.C. Crime Data.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., has opened an investigation into whether city police officials falsified crime data, according to two people familiar with the matter, another salvo in the feud between federal and local authorities after the Trump...
On KMZQ 670 AM’s Kevin Wall Radio: To Discuss Mass Public Shootings
Dr. John Lott appeared on KMZQ 670 AM’s Kevin Wall Radio to discuss the recent Manhattan shooting in New York and the Fort Stewart shooting in Georgia. (Wednesday, August 6, 2025, from 2:07 to 2:20 PM PT)
On KNRS’s The Rod & Greg Show: To Discuss Tariffs
Dr. John Lott appeared on KNRS’s The Rod & Greg Show in Salt Lake City to discuss President Donald Trump's tariff adjustments. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at the New York Post titled "Hey, experts — admit what you got so wrong on Trump’s...
Washington, D.C. Keeps on Being Accused of Manipulating Crime Data by Misclassifying Crimes and Downgrading Felonies to Misdemeanors so They Won’t Show Up in the Crime Stats
Washington, D.C. has an extremely high crime rate, much higher than any state (Democrats want DC to become the 51st state) and a much worse murder rate than any of the twenty most populous cities, but there is considerable evidence that it is even much higher than the...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss Fort Stewart Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show from the floor of the Gun Owners of America (GOA) conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, about defensive gun use and the Army post shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia. It was based on Lott's piece at...
Investigation into Vote Fraud Using Mail in Ballots in a Hamtramck, MI City Council Race that was Won by Just a Few Dozen Votes
Abu Musa won his city council race by just a few dozen votes. The investigation comes as surveillance video obtained by 7 News Detroit appears to show Councilman Abu Musa in the passenger seat of a vehicle as another man deposits three stacks of ballots at a city drop...
On John Solomon Reports: Discussing Trump’s Tariff Policies and Trump’s Proposal for a New Census that Won’t Count Illegal Aliens
Dr. John Lott talked to John Solomon about Lott's new op-ed in the New York Post titled "Hey, experts — admit what you got so wrong on Trump’s tariffs." They also discussed Trump's proposal for a new census. John Solomon:" John as always you do amazing work. . . . You...
A Woman “had no other choice but to defend herself and that is why people have guns.” She was six months pregnant and had two other children in the house. She survived years of domestic abuse and defended herself against “a terrible domestic assault.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOs6orCFls Wednesday, April 17, 2025 . . . We learned on April 18 that it appeared to be domestic violence-related, and no charges were filed at the time. Wednesday, we spoke with District Attorney General Frederick Agee. He told...