In a speech after the shooting in Orlando, Fla., Hillary Clinton said, “Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino.”
Calculations by the director of an academic center found that the number did triple after those attacks. But it’s worth noting that his data does not show whether or not they remained at that elevated level, or for how long – something that would be a reasonable interpretation of what Clinton said.
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