[Olog-hai]

It’s not a requirement to have “(my) own statistics” to disbelieve those that the government puts out, i.e. selectively. And these are specifically executive branch statistics, not those of the whole government.

[Lower Deck]

It’s not a requirement to have “(my) own statistics” to disbelieve those that the government puts out, i.e. selectively.

But it helps your argument if you can say, "The government statistics are wrong and this is the evidence that shows it" rather than just saying "The government statistics are wrong because I say so."