(CHICAGO) Talking about Chicago’s gun violence on “Fox & Friends” Thursday morning, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump indulged in a common, but misleading, political talking point.

“When you hear about…so many people in Chicago dying, it’s worse than some of the places we’re hearing about like Afghanistan,” Trump told host Steve Doocy over the phone. “You know, the war-torn nations — it’s more dangerous.”

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