Philadelphia Mayor Criticizes Trump “False Comments”

Philadelphia Mayor Criticizes Trump’s ‘False Comments’

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney debunked President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday about the city’s crime rates, adding that the commander-in-chief’s “false comments were an insult to the men and women of the Philadelphia police force.” Earlier on Thursday, while addressing a group of Republican lawmakers in Philadelphia, Trump reportedly said: “Right now, too many families don’t feel…

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