martha. very tough situation. trace, thank you very much. now developing another story that we brought you after the washington post ran this headline that said counties that hosted a 2016 trump rally saw a 226% increase in hate crimes. that is an eye-catching headline. that claim was widely circulated elsewhere including by 2020 candidate and democratic senator bernie sanders who posted the figure adding, mr. president, stop your racist, hateful, and anti-immigrant rhetoric. your language creates a climate that emboldens extremist. but fact-checking website politifact found the claim to be half true. and my next guest argues that there is a problematic reality about the underlying numbers in the study that are at the source of the headline that went viral. here now is robbie sauve, associate editor. good to have you with us.