Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama, speaking in Washington with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto by his side, told reporters he didn’t tune into the Republican convention in Cleveland this week. But he noted that reports of chaos during the convention do not “jibe with the facts.”
“The one thing that I think is important to recognize is this idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse,” Obama said. “This vision of violence and chaos everywhere doesn’t really jive with the experience of most people.”
Obama urged Americans to continue on with business as usual.
The president also disputed that violent crime and illegal immigration in the nation were on the rise, two claims that Republicans have repeatedly said in recent weeks.
“We’re not going to be able to make decisions based on fears that don’t have a basis in fact,” Obama said. “America is much less violent that it was 20 or 30 years ago and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20 or 30 years ago but since I became president.”
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