"Crime in D.C. “is getting worse, not getting better,” Trump said. Nonsense, came the chorus of press reports, with headlines such as:
- “Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike” said CNN.
- “Trump Takes Control of D.C. Police, Citing ‘Bloodthirsty Criminals.’ But Crime Is Down.” said the New York Times.
- “FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime” said AP.
"The implicit message is that Trump is making up a crime problem to flex his authoritarian muscles.
:These and countless other stories all cite the same set of police department statistics showing the rate of violent crime in D.C. on the downtrend.
"So, case closed, right?
"Not so fast. Just a few weeks ago, the local NBC affiliate reported that:
Poll of Residents Stomps All Over Democrat Narrative About D.C. CrimeA D.C. police commander is under investigation for allegedly making changes to crime statistics in his district. Full Article..
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that. Democrats are now placing themselves in the crazy position of not wanting to do something to help alleviate crime because they hate President Donald Trump.It's a losing issue. And it's taking positions like this that may explain why their approval is in the basement.
We've outlined a variety of things that have blown up that narrative — from the D.C Police Union saying, yes, there's a real problem, to even MSNBC's Joe Scarborough admitting he knew of Democrats and media who were privately cheering Trump's action.
Here's the Left's Plan to Stop Trump's Move Against D.C. Crime - and It's As Lame As You Would Think . . . "The Democrats should be welcoming the aid, but instead, because of their Trump Derangement Syndrome, they have to come out against it, even if that makes no sense. As is always the case with the left, what do they do next? They're throwing down the protest card. They're protesting an effort to make things safer. What are they going to do to make things better? Bang pots and pans." . . .
Washington, DC has itself to blame for Trump's police takeover . . . "The municipal government of Washington has never been worthy of the seat of government of the greatest and most powerful nation that has ever existed.It’s consistently been an embarrassment and, for decades now, has tolerated — and, worse, created the conditions for — disorderly and dangerous streets.
"The late historian Fred Siegel wrote how “social license and economic restrictions,” what he called “the two halves of sixties liberalism,” drained cities like Washington, DC, of their vitality.
"Over-regulated and inefficient, they were saddled by a “state-supported economy of social workers.”
"On top of this, in the 1970s, DC experienced “black nationalism in power,” especially in the person of the catastrophic, long-time mayoralty of Marion Barry." . . .
Mother backs Trump's DC safety mission after son killed in city.
"When I heard the news today, and he mentioned my son, not by name, and mentioned the others who have been victims of violent crime, I was so happy and I said, I looked at Eric's ashes, and I said ‘Eric, you haven't died in vain.’ Things will change so other people are safe when they go visit DC or work in DC and that's my goal, to make people safe," she told "The Story" on Monday.
Tamara says she heard there were surveillance cameras from the scene, but they are all grainy and told Fox News that even cabbies were afraid when she was in DC to identify her son’s body, saying the area was dangerous at night."
