President Donald Trump suggested domestic violence should not be counted as a crime because the statistics got in the way of his claims of success after he federalized policing in Washington, D.C.
While speaking to the White House Religious Liberty Commission on Monday, Trump praised himself for sending troops into D.C.
"So right now we went from one of the most, and some people say the worst, the most violent cities," he told the group. "Can you imagine our capital being the most violent city? But it was really bad into a totally safe zone. It's called a safe zone city. There's no crime."
The president disputed statistics showing crime was down 87%.
"It's more than 87%," he insisted. "Virtually nothing, and much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something."
"If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, this was a crime, see?" he added. "So now I can't claim 100%."
