Earlier this week, President Trump shrugged off questions about police killing black people by saying they killed more white people. This is very technically true, but it’s also wholly misleading given the fact that we have many more white people in this country. Per capita, there is no comparison. Data have shown black people are about 2.5 times as likely to die at the hands of police.
So White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany took another shot at it Thursday. It wasn’t much better.
At a White House briefing, McEnany explained Trump’s comments thusly: Continue reading.