Washington D.C. has become markedly safer since President Trump’s federal takeover last month, leading the president to boast that the nation’s capital is now a “crime free” zone.
“DC IS NOW A CRIME FREE ZONE, IN JUST 12 DAYS!!! President DJT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump restores order
Metropolitan Police data shared on September 1 shows that carjackings have fallen 50%, homicides have gone down 38%, and overall violent crime is down 19% since the crackdown began August 7.
Trump’s success has the city’s own Democratic mayor, Muriel Bowser, to credit him with safer streets.
“We know that when carjackings go down, when use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” the mayor said last week.
Trump began the crackdown after a brutal carjacking attack in August left a former DOGE staffer bloodied.
According to a Labor Day post from attorney general Pam Bondi, there have been nearly 1,600 arrests, and 165 illegal guns seized so far.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been involved in the crackdown, which has led to the arrest of some foreign gang members.
Trump shared an example of a report he received with his social media following, which noted, in part, that an “El Salvadorian national and member of the MS-13 designated terrorist organization was administratively arrested.”
Dems face choice
Trump has threatened to intervene in other Democratic cities plagued by street crime, including Chicago, where over 50 people were shot this Labor Day weekend. The governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker (D), has refused Trump’s offer of help.
“Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME. He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA. President DJT,” Trump wrote.
In another post, Trump praised mayor Bowser for her cooperation, which he contrasted with the defiance of other Democratic leaders “who spend all of their time trying to justify violent Crime, instead of working with us to completely ELIMINATE it, which we have done in Washington, D.C., NOW A CRIME FREE ZONE,” he added.
Next, we can expect out-of-touch liberals to “fact check” Trump’s claim that D.C. is “crime free.”
Of course, no city is ever completely safe, but Trump is absolutely correct that D.C. is in much better shape now than it was a few weeks ago.
Do Democrats want to be a part of the problem, or the solution? The choice is theirs.
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Author: Matthew Boose
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