FACT CHECK: "Bad facts"
Today Denver Mayor Johnston tried to wiggle out of Rep. Gabe Evans’ questioning by claiming the congressman had “bad facts” but it turns out the facts are on Evans’ side.
The days of Colorado Democrats getting a free pass are over.
Here’s the substantiation of Congressman Evans’ claims:
“When I started my law enforcement career, Colorado was ranked 31st in the nation for our crime rate. We were ranked 3rd in the nation last year.”
“Denver, six years ago in 2019, didn’t even make the top 50 most dangerous cities in the country list. This year, in 2024-2025, U.S. World News Report ranks Denver as the 10th most dangerous city in the country.”
“Denver has twice the homicide rate as San Fransisco.”
“We lost 7,000 Coloradans to illegal drug overdose deaths since 2020, with a significant percentage of that coming from illegal drugs like fentanyl.”
“We’ve seen an increase in tusi, which is the drug of choice for Tren de Aragua in the Denver metro area.”
“We’ve seen headlines that show that overdose deaths in the Denver metro area remain stubbornly flat, despite falling pretty much everywhere around the country.”
“Denver’s had over 6400 violent crimes. That’s including things like 689 sexual assaults, over 1200 robberies, over 4400 aggravated assaults.”