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Fox News anchor Bret Baier confronted Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill. , over Chicago’s murder rate on Wednesday.

During an exclusive Fox News Channel interview, Baier and Pritzker clashed over the murder rate in his city. The anchor brought out research data to contest the governor’s on-air claim that Chicago isn’t even in the 30 American cities with the highest murder rates.

"Well, here’s a map –– most populous U.S. cities: 17.47 per 100,000 population. Chicago is number one over Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego," Baier told Pritzker.

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Baier began by discussing a Fox Ne

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