evidence: "Homicides Are Skyrocketing in American Cities Under Kamala Harris," Donald Trump's campaign avers in a statement issued on Monday. Like Trump's assertion that "our crime rate is going up," this claim is completely at odds with reality. According to FBI data, the homicide rate jumped by more than 27 percent in 2020, when Trump was president; rose slightly in 2021, the first year of the Biden administration; and fell by 7 percent in 2022. Preliminary FBI numbers show bigger drops in 2023 (about 13 percent) and this year (26 percent for the first quarter). So far this year, according to data from 277 cities, homicides are down by about 17 percent. [...] The Trump campaign does not claim those numbers are wrong, as implied by the "lie" label. Instead it objects to the story's focus: "It may be true that in *some* cities, some categories of violent crime are lower for the first 6 months of 2024 than in 2023—but violent crime is still WAY UP compared to 2019 under President Trump. Axios can cherrypick all the crime data they like, but it won't change what Americans know: our communities are more dangerous under Kamala Harris."