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On this segment of ESSENCE Live, we discuss another one of Donald Trump's alternative facts. He claims that Sweden suffered more crime letting all of those refugees in. However, the Swedish prime minister clapped back at Trump's immigration comments.
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00:00Another day. Another alternative fact. Despite numerous accounts to the contrary, President
00:09Trump is sticking to his story that Sweden suffered more crime after admitting refugees
00:13and immigrants. But here's the problem, 45. Even Sweden doesn't know what you're talking
00:18about. The country's prime minister, Carl Bildt, came with the receipts. Bildt tweeted,
00:24last year, there were approximately 50 percent more murders in Florida where Trump spoke the
00:28other day than in all of Sweden. Bad. And according to Reuters, crime rates in Sweden have actually
00:35decreased since 2005. So there's that.
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