Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida clashed with “CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillip and Democratic strategist Keith Boykin Monday night after Boykin claimed Donalds was “lying” about crime increasing. FBI statistics released in September showed a 3% decline in violent crime nationally, according to CNN, although some experts have noted discrepancies between local crime stats and those released by the Bureau. Donalds argued that crime was going up before Boykin cut him off, claiming that the Republican congressman was lying. Read: CNN Host Ignores Florida Rep. Byron Donalds’ Examples Of Har…
