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DAVID MARCUS: DC just had a murder-free week, and yes, Dems, Trump did that
Fox News ^ | 20 Aug, 2025 | David Marcus

Posted on 08/20/2025 1:59:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Violent crime in the capital drops 22% in first week of Trump federal police control implementation.

As the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the Trump administration’s takeover of the Washington DC police force begins to fade, the results are coming in, and they are nothing short of extraordinary.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the nation’s capital has had no murders for seven days, something that had not been achieved since March and something I can find no recent record of in summer months when the murder rate is typically at its highest.

Last Monday, when a man was tragically gunned down in Logan Circle just hours after the Trump takeover, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., took to social media to say that "Trump owns this. No word if the congressman agrees Trump also owns the lives saved this past week.

And it's not just murder, according to the local police union. Robbery dropped 46% in the week after the takeover, carjackings were down a whopping 83%, and violent crime down 22%. Who could possibly argue against that?

What DC needed was not a slow and steady approach to crime that fluctuates the rates here and there. It needed a shock to the system, and it got one. The patient is responding very well.

The lesson here, as Shakespeare put it, is "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly," which is to say that history shows us that cleaning up urban crime is not a slow, laborious process, but one to be attacked fast and aggressively.

In his first term as mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani oversaw a 60% drop in Gotham’s murder rate, and a violent crime drop of 56%, much of it in his first two years.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: crime; dc; democrats; leftism; violence
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1 posted on 08/20/2025 1:59:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Democrats benefit from the chaos of random crime. That is why they let the criminals out of the prisons.


2 posted on 08/20/2025 2:00:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Undertakers, GoFundMe severely impacted.


3 posted on 08/20/2025 2:04:37 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: MtnClimber

It’s like the democrats want US citizens murdered


4 posted on 08/20/2025 2:05:29 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Great Job Trump!

But still have to say, innocent babies still murdered by parents.


5 posted on 08/20/2025 2:07:24 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: butlerweave

They, most definitely, do.

It’s all for their “greater good.”


6 posted on 08/20/2025 2:08:51 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: MtnClimber

Stopping blacks from killing each other is......racist?


7 posted on 08/20/2025 2:10:23 PM PDT by nitzy (I don’t trust good looking country singers or fat doctors.)
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Just wait. “Anonymous sources” will “confirm” that President Trump is hiding the murders.

I can just see it now. They will have interviews where the face of the person talking is blurred, and his voice is altered. The “witness” will confess to several DC murders.

Leftist creepozoids will DEMAND investigations. It is the seriousness of the charges! Calls for impeachment will be next.


8 posted on 08/20/2025 2:14:41 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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Maine had more murders than DC this week.


9 posted on 08/20/2025 2:16:43 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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Trump’s surge in DC is not getting the worst offenders. The car jacking, shop lifting and mugging youth have stood down. No doubt they have a social network monitoring the cops. They’re waiting for things to get back to normal.


10 posted on 08/20/2025 2:17:23 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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I asked Grok in various ways "when did Washington DC last have a week with no murders?"

The answer was: For context, D.C. recorded 274 homicides in 2023, 187 in 2024, and 99 through August 11, 2025, indicating a high frequency of homicides, especially in recent years, and particularly in summer months, making murder-free weeks rare. The absence of granular weekly data prevents identifying the precise last occurrence before August 20, 2025. It’s likely that murder-free weeks were very infrequent in the years immediately prior, given the elevated homicide rates, but no definitive week can be confirmed as there are no direct records of this occurring

11 posted on 08/20/2025 2:18:10 PM PDT by PGR88
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Chicago demands equality. To further equality, some of the murders in Chicago will be assigned to DC. Afterall, it is the oppressive actions of MAGA that force drug dealers to shoot their ex-girlfriend.


12 posted on 08/20/2025 2:29:40 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
But still have to say, innocent babies still murdered by parents.

I too am sickened by the murdered innocent unborn babies. The only action the federal government can take, however, is legislation (or a constitutional amendment or the SCOTUS doing the right thing) recognizing the personhood of the unborn. Until that happens, the issue is unfortunately still with the states. That's a huge leap forward for constitutional government, but still a tragedy in states that promote the murder of the unborn. Trump did what he could, SCOTUS did half of what they could, and Congress of course dragged its feet and did the least they could.

13 posted on 08/20/2025 2:45:00 PM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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“...Democrats benefit from the chaos of random crime. That is why they let the criminals out of the prisons....”

Domestic communists benefit from the chaos of random crime. That is why they let the criminals out of the prisons. Fixed it.


14 posted on 08/20/2025 2:49:35 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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think of what could be done in Chicago!

& they have this very rebellious Mayor Brandon Johnson with that WEIRD HAIRCUT


15 posted on 08/20/2025 2:58:53 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (DONT DRINK & DRONE 🤓 HAVE A NICE DAY 😀 GATORS WITH LAZERS)
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Turns out they didn’t need a new law, just a new President.


16 posted on 08/20/2025 3:02:31 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: butlerweave

If they are white American citizens, then yes, you are correct.


17 posted on 08/20/2025 3:24:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: butlerweave

Homeless and murder victims make the best cadavers for medical schools. Trump is depriving promising students of study material./s


18 posted on 08/20/2025 3:29:45 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand thhere we CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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“And it’s not just murder, according to the local police union. Robbery dropped 46% in the week …”

Well 46 percent off what was underreported and reclassified…


19 posted on 08/20/2025 3:42:34 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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The culture of death hardest hit


20 posted on 08/20/2025 3:48:16 PM PDT by delchiante
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