Posted on 08/11/2025 2:24:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Trump announced Monday morning that he would crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. by invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
Washington, D.C.'s city council and Mayor Muriel Bowser publicly responded Monday to President Donald Trump's decision to take over the city's police force, and his move to deploy the National Guard.
Trump announced Monday morning that he would crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. by invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Under the act, Trump can temporarily seize control of the city's police department if he determines the situation meets certain emergency criteria.
Washington, D.C.'s liberal city council condemned the move in a statement, claiming it was a "manufactured intrusion on local authority," according to The Hill.
"Violent crime in the District is at the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years. Federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department is unwarranted because there is no Federal emergency,” the council said in a statement. “Further, the National Guard has no public safety training or knowledge of local laws. The Guard’s role does not include investigating or solving crimes in the District. Calling out the National Guard is an unnecessary deployment with no real mission.”
Trump has countered the argument that crime is decreasing in the city by highlighting that D.C.'s crime rates have surpassed that of the capitals of many other nations, including Mexico City. The White House has also claimed that the city's crime rate is the fourth highest in the country, behind cities like New Orleans and St. Louis.
Bowser said the president's move to take over the city police force was "unsettling and unprecedented," but was not surprising.
“I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,” Bowser said in a press...
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DC Should be controlled by the Federal Government. The politics of that city are beyond libtardism.
Homicides are down from a blistering pace to a merely energetic pace. No need to get excited.
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Trump is concerned about violence and crime. Bowser is concerned with rhetoric.
“Manufactured intrusion”
As opposed to the real, daily intrusion criminals and DemoKKKrats visit upon DC residents.
Bowser is concerned with appearances.
(and politics)
Congress used to have to make a lot of decisions for DC.
I happened to be reading a WW2 newspaper from DC and Congress had to create a new salary range table for teachers. It was based on grade levels plus time as a teacher. They even had to decide on principal salaries.
Congress had lots of control about everything that happened in DC.
“””Bowser is concerned with appearances.
(and politics)””
I have watched a few democrats talk about it today. They say they live there and feel perfectly safe. I expect they are right. They leave the Capitol in a limo and get driven to their secure luxury apartment building.
Send DOGE to audit the DC books. If 10% of the revenue goes to a public benefit I would be shocked.
I worked in DC for 45 years. This is not manufactured. I love that beautiful city, and I retired at the right time. It was getting very dangerous. I used to jog through Lafayette Park, past the White House and around the Washington Monument every day on my lunch hour. Until a woman jogging in place, waiting for a light to change, was stabbed to death. This happened across the street from my office. It was a gorgeous city. All power to President Trump.
I imagine alot of violent offenders arent even prosecuted…. Same as most big blue cesspools in America. Look!!! violence is down!!!!
You’re right on target.
I was listening to a Crowder show from last week and he stated that 67% of violent offenders in DC are not prosecuted.
Arrest the incompetent mayor and all others who allowed the capital to ROT!
Better crackdown on Baltimore at the same time. The crime slime from D.C. can easily go over to Baltimore and do what they do there.
Congress still does through the oversight function.
Congress had lots of control about everything that happened in DC.
“”””I imagine alot of violent offenders arent even prosecuted…””””
They get arrested for a serious felony. The DA turns it into a misdemeanor parking ticket. SHAZAM!! No violent crimes.
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