CHICAGO (WGN) — There's a quote attributed to Mark Twain that says "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."

Keep that in mind when you hear people talking about crime stats. That's because there are many ways to measure public safety.

"We've been seeing the governor of Illinois parading out there saying that 'there's nothing wrong with Chicago. It's a great place to live. There's no crime there.'” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “He doesn't need president Trump's help, while I think the residents of Chicago begged to differ and the statistics beg to differ."

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-Illinois), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other democrats have by no means claimed to have solved the crime problem.

What they say is Chicago has made tremendous p

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