MS-13 tied ISIS on Tuesday night. The State of the Union address by the numbers

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President Trump made some bold claims in his first State of the Union address. Here’s the truth.
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The transnational street gang MS-13 is known for brutal violence and its crimes include human trafficking and murder. And it got major attention in President Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday with as many references as the notorious Islamic State terrorist organization. 

More: Read the full text of President Trump’s first State of the Union address

America and Americans were far and away the leading terms used in the address with 82 references, followed by work and work-related words with 30 uses. 

Here’s a look at other terms ranked in terms of references in Trump’s address: 

• America, Americans: 82
• Work, worker, workers, working, hardworking: 30
• Tax, taxpayers: 16
• Home: 16 
• Family, families: 15 
• Immigration, immigrants: 11
• Citizen, citizens, citizenship: 10 
• Strong, strength, strengthen: 10
• Jobs, unemployment: 9 
• Terrorist, terrorists, terrorism: 9
• Military, defense: 7
• Dream, dreams, dreamers: 6
• Flag: 5
• Islamic State: 5
• MS-13: 5 
• Economy: 3 
• Mexico: 2
• Russia: 1
• Stock market: 1 
• Border wall: 1 

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