Posted on 08/20/2025 8:18:49 AM PDT by DallasBiff
When President Trump launched an effort to address crime in Washington, D.C., he argued that the source of the city's problems was clear.
"This dire public safety crisis stems directly from the abject failures of the city's local leadership," Trump said from the White House last week. "The Democrats are weak on crime. Totally weak on crime," he later added
Throughout his time in office, Trump has criticized Democratic-led cities for what he calls "radical left" policies on criminal justice. Those attacks have grown sharper in recent days, as the president took the extraordinary step of nationalizing the D.C. police force and deploying the National Guard — all while signaling other cities may be next.
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I think they know full well how bad they are and how society suffers. Nobody could be that willfully ignorant or just plain stupid.
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