In the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, some Democrats are citing questionable studies to lend credence to their claims that right-wing violence is more commonly occurring in the United States than violent crime committed by far-left ideologues.

These studies, which are rife with dubious data points, cherry-pick cases of political violence, misrepresent motives, and exclude key events — in effect, fudging the numbers and underplaying the prevalence of radical-left extremism in America.