will25u said:

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President Trump’s decisive action to restore order in D.C. under Section 1–207.40 of the Home Rule Act is fully lawful—emergency powers exist for a reason. Bowser’s outrage proves she’d rather defend bureaucratic inertia than admit her own failures.

Crime stats? Irrelevant when…

— DOGEai (@dogeai_gov) August 11, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: The President of the DC Police Union has come out in FULL SUPPORT of President Trump's takeover of the police department

"We completely agree with the President that the crime in the District of Columbia is out of control and something needs to be done.

The fact… pic.twitter.com/FBI2gawJk6

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 11, 2025

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I did not see that coming honestly

Dumb question, but if the prosecutorial side isn't federalized, isn't this is a band aid? Won't the Dem judges/DAs still be in charge?

The teenage gangsters being put right back on the streets seems to be a major driver. Am I missing something?

Never been. Never going.

I've spent quite a bit of time in DC this year and I'll say overall it has felt safer than I thought it would be, but I take lots of precautions and have my guard up constantly.

I'll also say that within two weeks there were two different shootings within two blocks of my apartment, including the Israeli couple that got gunned down. That will make you think twice about being out after dark.

And good luck getting a good nights sleep with sirens blaring regularly throughout the night.

Largely, the people in DC who claim crime isn't bad don't have a good benchmark. Having guards in Qdobas and everything locked up behind glass at the CVS has become their normal.

I knew the gun laws were strict, but they don't even allow you to carry a Byrna Launcher…not that it would matter if they did because you'd never get into so many buildings with it, you'd end up leaving it home.

As a part time resident / frequent visitor, I'm happy for the local police to have some help.

It's become a quite scary town thanks to the policies, and importation of druggies/illegal alien camps.

My car was regularly broken into in Cap Hill, in a private parking spot behind my condo. The neighborhood guidance was to leave your car unlocked so they didn't break your windows.

When my brother got robbed in the street, the police basically laughed at us when we called them. https://t.co/xLFOk8rXxm

— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) August 11, 2025

Redstate has a good write up. Of course because OMB there will be protestations from the left, but behind closed doors many Democrats are even glad to see him take this action.

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During Monday's White House press briefing, another reporter revealed to Trump that his actions on crime were a personal one to him after he'd been robbed at gunpoint, as RedState reported.

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"Last year I was robbed on the street [In DC] by one of these teenage thugs," the reporter explained to Trump and Pirro. "Had a gun. He got away with it. Let's talk about the effort that between law enforcement, prosecutors in D.C., and judges because these kids don't fear the police."
"Talk about how we've got to get these judges and put these kids behind bars," he added. "Adult crimes deserve adult penalties."

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murphyag said:

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DC has always been a sheethole. I first visited there in the 1980s with my parents and siblings. Our first day there we went out to dinner and saw a homeless man taking a crap on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. We had front row seats for the ****eshow from our table by the window. Since then, I've been to DC 3-4 times per month since the late 90s for work. Nothing seems any worse to me than any other period of time.

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Biggest difference between the 80s and now is that 14th and U is no longer Beirut. Beirut has been moving east towards North Capital Street. Homeless have always been a problem. Commuters on the cattle car Metro can tell you all about the Foggy Bottom Station homeless. 14th and U did not gentrify until the early 2000s and the crime continues. It's a s***hole.

ETA. Looks like its the same as the 90's in DC based on the post above mine.

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whytho987654 said:

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This is just a smoke and mirrors attempt to distract us from real issues going on, couldn't care less about DC

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List these real issues.

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Are you going to suggest that the crime in one city is more important than the rest of the nation and foreign policy? There aren't ANY issues going on in the rest of the nation? None?

Trump sure is big on crime, unless we're taking about rich pedos and sex traffickers. Then it's "all good, nothing to see here!".

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Sure, there are other issues. Is foreign policy being ignored? Nope. Are the idiotic policies of the left being reversed that will directly benefit the country? Yes, thank God and daily.

And yes, there are pedos and sex traffickers across all classes of people not just the rich and famous. We are deported many of these sickos at this moment. But all you want to do is focus on Epstein.

Mind your average man's tunnel vision.

My security camera will show you what life was like for a family living in DC:

Here’s a mass shooting and murder in my front lawn, followed by my house being set on fire with my wife and infant child inside.

These are regular occurrences for DC residents.

I lived just a few… pic.twitter.com/ZPnfUWB0DD

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 11, 2025

Been in DC area since 2012, it’s a mess and anyone pretending otherwise is being completely unserious

I am cautious - verging on paranoid - when I am downtown and don’t engage in risky behavior

I know two people who have been carjacked or had car stolen in the past year

I’ve…

— Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) August 11, 2025

There are just way too many such stories, imho.

It's a disgrace.

Very brave of you to post this since it is entirely your fault. https://t.co/ovjgO9pxhz

— DC Police Union (@DCPoliceUnion) August 11, 2025

Democrats lie and support crime/criminals. It's their stock and trade.

It's funny seeing the meat puppets and their instagram stories with screenshots of WaPo articles about crime trending down captioned with snarky retort to the president . Those idiots are so consumed by TDS. It will be a legit mainstream psych study in college soon, also completely ironic.

Big problem that I got on Trump regarding this is that he said something to the affect yesterday 'DC has a higher murder rate than Iraq, Bogota, Panama City, San Jose (Costa Rica)…would you want to live in those places?'

Uh, yeah Donald. Have lived in Panama City about 25 years and pretty nice place. So is San Jose and Bogota has its positives too. I will give you Iraq though. Wouldn't want to live in Iraq. Just because you think DC is trash doesn't mean you have to drive by shoot a bunch of other actually nice places to live.

Seems confusing….Washington DC is not a state, it's a federal district. So the federal government is federalizing a federal district.

For at least the past three decades it has been universally accepted by everyone, except maybe Somalia pirates, that crime in DC is bad.

Trump says it and now we can't even agree on that.

The derangement has left them with the reason skills of toddler insisting on touching a light socket.

Jack Squat 83 said:

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Dumb question, but if the prosecutorial side isn't federalized, isn't this is a band aid? Won't the Dem judges/DAs still be in charge?

The teenage gangsters being put right back on the streets seems to be a major driver. Am I missing something?

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Jeanine Pirro is the Attorney General for DC on the Federal level so that will be an improvement.

obviously local DC crimes will still be tried by local judges and the District Attorney office- Trump mentioned how bad they are.

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For at least the past three decades it has been universally accepted by everyone, except maybe Somalia pirates, that crime in DC is bad.

Trump says it and now we can't even agree on that.

The derangement has left them with the reason skills of toddler insisting on touching a light socket.

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really it's just the TDS white residents from Ward 3 who are protesting this for their own mental illness reasons. and then literally another homicide in Logan Circle last night.

I don't see black families in Southeast Anacostia saying anything.

and in the local news, there are residents stating crime is bad in their neighborhoods.

another 80/20 issue that the GOP is on the right side of!!

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Jeanine Pirro is the Attorney General for DC on the Federal level so that will be an improvement.

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What? Did I miss a memo? She is the US Attorney for DC, last I saw.

Give most of DC back to Maryland (except the strip near the mall). Let the Governor of Maryland take the hit for the crime rate.

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Never been. Never going.

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bro that's insane.

you have never been to the nation's capitol?!?

are you in prison?

also Gettysburg, Annapolis, Manassas, Antietam, Shenandoah Valley all within a 2 hour drive!

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Give most of DC back to Maryland (except the strip near the mall). Let the Governor of Maryland take the hit for the crime rate.

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there are discussions about this. Maryland is already a hellhole of leftism

so that only then increases their electoral power in the Presidential election and adds another leftist congressman to the Marxists.

why would we Republicans want that?!?!

Yes, and now they have a fresh new plan; literally go outside and bang on pots and pans.

Trump: “I’m going to make DC a safer place for the people who live here.”

DC libtards: “We must go outside and bang pots and pans.” pic.twitter.com/s1lfj6Rqwl

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 12, 2025

You've got him this time, team Democrats!

This guy nails it:

DC is black people and white progressives.

Black people don't like law enforcement dropping the hammer down out of fear of younger relatives getting killed or incarcerated at a high rate.

White progressives believe that any action that harms an underprivileged minority is…

— Couch Body Supremacist (@couchbod) August 11, 2025

sam callahan said:

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For at least the past three decades it has been universally accepted by everyone, except maybe Somalia pirates, that crime in DC is bad.

Trump says it and now we can't even agree on that.

The derangement has left them with the reason skills of toddler insisting on touching a light socket.

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This.

The Democrat stance here is exactly this: "It's always been really bad here so attempting to make it better is fascist and racist. We want to keep the status quo where blacks keep killing each other and others in disproportionate numbers and no one should want to feel safe."

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doubledog said:

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Give most of DC back to Maryland (except the strip near the mall). Let the Governor of Maryland take the hit for the crime rate.

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there are discussions about this. Maryland is already a hellhole of leftism

so that only then increases their electoral power in the Presidential election and adds another leftist congressman to the Marxists.

why would we Republicans want that?!?!

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If DC was declared a state, that would add leftists house members and senators... Giving it back would stop the "DC statehood" movement dead in its track.

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If DC was declared a state, that would add leftists house members and senators... Giving it back would stop the "DC statehood" movement dead in its track.

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Agree. Can't let them get Senators. A House seat? Sure. Less critical than adding Senators.

maybe a year ago there was a video of every car on a block in Southwest near the Marina with their windows all busted.

it's laughable to claim that DC is safe, when even the Neighborhood Chats for Germantown and Gaithersburg have gunshots and criminals breaking into cars on the street every night!

no way would I ever leave my car parked on a street overnight within 20 miles of DC.

or we could just ensure the Senate is never taken again by the left.

what makes you think that if the leftists controlled the government-

they wouldn't just take back DC from Maryland and make it a state anyway?!

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Yes, and now they have a fresh new plan; literally go outside and bang on pots and pans.

Trump: “I’m going to make DC a safer place for the people who live here.”

DC libtards: “We must go outside and bang pots and pans.” pic.twitter.com/s1lfj6Rqwl

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 12, 2025

You've got him this time, team Democrats!

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When have these people ever been quiet? Why does their entire existence revolve around constantly making noise?

There are two separate issues to parse out, and as per usual inserting 'Trump' into the conversations makes many unable to think through the issue rationally.

Issue 1: Crime in DC. It's been over a decade since I lived there, but I lived there and Los Angeles. DC was significantly worse place as a resident to live. The amount of petty theft on the Metro, youth crime culture is way more of a thing in DC than it is in LA. I've been back a few times and it didn't seem better. That something needs to be done to make criminals accountable for their crimes is obvious, and a reaction is long overdue. Any claims about the trajectory of crime or it's not as bad as it used to be are missing the lived experience of a culture that tolerates this.

Issue 2: The Federal takeover of DC (and proposal to do the same in Chicago, LA, NYC, etc.). DC is unique in that it is the one place the Feds can do exactly what they're doing. That something ought to be done is obvious, and Trump can pull the lever here legally. Citing that they're going to try to do the same thing in other places should send a shiver down everyone's spine. We don't federalize the military to take over places that have their own jurisdiction. If this isn't immediately obvious to everyone why that's a terrible idea, that is troubling.

I went to Washington, DC with my family in August 1998 and with my 8th grade class in June 2002. It's fine for tourists but dangerous for local residents. I am glad President Trump is taking federal control of Washington, D.C. to restore order. The President of the DC Police Union has come out in FULL SUPPORT of President Trump's takeover of the police department. "We completely agree with the President that the crime in the District of Columbia is out of control and something needs to be done.

Progressive criminal justice reforms have weakened deterrence, demoralized police departments, and increased crimes. Consequently, lawlessness, anarchy, chaos, and violence have increased in counties with progressive prosecutors. Democrats claim they are defending democracy while undermining the laws that were created through a democratic process. They're calling for violence against law enforcement, but they have convinced their base that it's actually the other side that's violent. I hope the FBI cracks down on antifa and other left-wing organizations.

Dems will just oppose every action from Trump until they find something that sticks. They seem to get no penalty for trying.

The sirens in the background....

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gotta give it to Trump, he may be the only person in history to convince the "don't tread on me" crowd to simp for martial law

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Libs simping for violent crime. Please keep it up - you won't win another election in this century

LOL, that is perfect. Oh, and Maxine would have been all in favor of cutting non-discretionary spending under a Kamala administration, I am sure. That is their other plank to toss right now: "Muh, Trump's not cutting spending enough."

Voters don't care about DC but the Democrats think this is a a wedge issue.


You know what voters do care about? Crime.

🔥HOLY MIC DROP! A reporter tried to say that crime in DC is down and @JudgeJeanine wasn't having it for a SINGLE SECOND!

This is the energy we've needed in DC!

"Oh, STOP IT."

"It's NEVER ENOUGH. You tell these families that crime has dropped. You tell the mother of the… pic.twitter.com/A3CmoSHIbJ

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 12, 2025

samurai_science said:

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Voters don't care about DC but the Democrats think this is a a wedge issue.


You know what voters do care about? Crime.

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And always have in the modern era. Even going back to 1968, Nixon v. Humphrey. Who was the "Silent Majority" law and order candidate? Nixon.