Your interpretation of the study is not accurate. From https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/bernie-sanders/did-counties-hosting-trump-rally-2016-se

Your interpretation of the study is not accurate. From https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/bernie-sanders/did-counties-hosting-trump-rally-2016-see-226-spik/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/bernie-san... "Perhaps most important is that Sanders’ wording implies that the 226% jump stems from comparing hate crimes before and after a Trump rally within the same county, when in fact it’s a comparison from Trump rally counties to similar counties that did not host a Trump rally."