Some liberals can't handle the truth
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) admitted that the president's deployment of troops in the district has lowered crime, leading many liberal lawmakers to respond with anger and scorn.
Bowser related the significant drop in carjackings in the district during a press conference Wednesday, where she said that crime had been dropping before the federal surge but that those officers contributed to the trend.
"We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what [the D.C. Municipal Police Department] has been able to do in this city. The most significant thing that we are highlighting today is the area of crime that was most troubling for us in 2023," said Bowser.
"Now, we have driven it down over the last years, but ... for carjackings, the difference between this period, this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents a 87% reduction in carjackings in Washington, D.C.," she added.
"We know that when carjackings go down, when use of guns goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer," Bowser said. "So this surge has been important to us for that reason."
She went on to say that she had personally coordinated with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
D.C. Democrats were furious that Bowser had characterized the surge as a positive development.
"We should not, as the District of Columbia, be giving people the impression that this is a good thing, that we are OK with it, that it is helping the city. It is not doing any of those things," said Democrat Robert White Jr., an at-large council member, on social media. "I am not OK with this. The average resident is not OK with this. D.C. residents, D.C. voters, are not OK with this."
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Other critics of the president, including Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, have accused Trump of militarizing the streets of the U.S. in order to intimidate his political enemies.
The president has indicated that he is looking into sending more troops into crime-riddled cities and named Chicago among those possible recipients of a federal surge.
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The response of the Democrats is bizarre. They should be praising the crime reduction in the cities. Making the cities safer for citizens and not criminals is obviously a good thing. Putting the National Guard on the streets increases the force-to-space ratio, making it more difficult for criminals. They should not be comparing the National Guard to the Gestapo.
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HOME RULE: Democrats claimed crime was not an issue in DC, but given the fact homicides in Washington DC plummeted 71% and robberies by 60% following the takeover by President Trump i hope we can all agree they were lying.
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