Posted on 08/11/2025 4:21:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.
He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn’t electing its own city council and mayor until 1973, when Republican President Richard Nixon signed the Home Rule Act.
The measure still left significant power to the president and Congress, though no president has exercised the police powers before.
He activated the National Guard
The Constitution calls for the creation of the District of Columbia to serve as the federal seat of power under the jurisdiction of Congress rather than any state.
While the Home Rule Act allowed for greater local control, the president can still call up the National Guard in Washington. His administration did it during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, when members were later faulted for flying a helicopter too low over a crowd. The Guard was called out again during Trump’s first term on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters overran the Capitol.
Trump’s second-term moves in Washington come as the legal battle continues over his deployment of the National Guard in another Democratic-led city, Los Angeles, despite the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
His authority is less clear there, but an appeals court has so far refused to intervene. A lower-court judge was starting a trial Monday to determine whether the deployment violated another federal law.
He took over the police
Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s...
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Trump’s right. It is a public health emergency. So are the other Democrat hellhole cities.
An artificial reef on the National Mall will certainly keep the homeless away. Trying to sleep on that coral will rip you to shreds!
Sorry, I just had to take advantage of your cut-n-paste mistake :)
It’s NOT historically “majority black”
When I was 16, I could walk the streets with a girl friend safely.
I would not attempt it today.
Nor, would I allow my granddaughters to do so.
15 years ago, I would take the metro without a thought. Today, I am aware and wary.
Thank you, President Trump for standing up.
He activated the National Guard
He took over the police 🚓🚓🚓
He misgendered “Rachel” Levine
He had two scoops of ice cream 🍨🍨
Trayvon White was just elected again to the DC Council after he had been expelled for being charged with the felony of bribery.
Since 1964, District of Columbia has voted Democratic 100% of the time and Republican 0% of the time. - https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_voting_trends_in_the_District_of_Columbia
11% of Washington residents attend services 1-3 times a year, 8% attend 4-11 times per year, and 23% attend 12 or more times. Meanwhile, 51% of adults living in D.C. never or seldom attend religious services. - https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/04/01/church-religious-services-attendance-dmv
In D.C., white evangelicals are literally 1 percent. Sep 6, 2017 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/09/06/in-d-c-white-evangelicals-are-literally-the-1-percent/
District of Columbia Had Lowest Percentage of Married Black Adults in 2015-2019. - https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/07/marriage-prevalence-for-black-adults-varies-by-state.html
HIV/AIDS rate in Washington, D.C. highest among U.S. cities. Jan 1, 2008 - https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20120225/hiv-aids-rate-in-washington-d-c-highest-among-u-s-cities
Washington, DC, had the highest abortion rate in 2020 - https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/ss/ss7110a1.htm (table 2)
Maternal mortality is worse in Washington, D.C. than Syria. - https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/maternal-mortality-worse-washington-d-c-syria-abortion-access-one-ncna1136446 [advocates murder by abortion as solution!)
DC boasts highest rates of youth poverty and homelessness - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-dc-highest-rates-youth-poverty-homelessness-study
D.C. leads nation in monkeypox case rate. Jul 19, 2022 - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/19/dc-leads-nation-monkeypox-case-rate/
The nation's capital had the highest COVID risk level in Dec 28, 2021 - https://www.npr.org/2021/12/28/1068417547/the-nations-capital-is-the-worst-place-for-covid-19-infections-right-now
Washington DC crime rate is 87% higher than the national average with 147% more violent crime. - https://suburbansolutions.com/blog/washington-dc-vs-nyc-pros-cons/
Crime rate in Washington, DC The 2023 crime rate in Washington, DC is 572 (City-Data.com crime index), which is 2.4 times higher than the U.S. average. It was higher than in 98.5% U.S. cities. - https://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Washington-District-of-Columbia.html
With the fifth-highest murder rate among the country’s most populous cities, Washington, D.C. has drawn national attention for its recent spike in violent crime. The statistics are sobering: 2023 was the District’s deadliest year since 1997, with 274 recorded homicides - https://newrepublic.com/article/177907/violent-crime-crisis-washington-dc
Fox 5 DC - Feb 24, 2025, A new survey reveals Washington, D.C. is the nation's ghosting capital, with 76% of residents admitting to having ghosted someone within the year. - https://www.facebook.com/fox5dc/posts/a-new-survey-reveals-washington-dc-is-the-nations-ghosting-capital-with-76-of-re/1074934624671097/
Washington, DC, had the lowest Number of Enlisted Recruits as of 2018 at 93. - https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/demographics-us-military
Income Inequality in DC Highest in the Country. 2017 The District has a higher level of income inequality than any state in the country, with households in the top 20 percent of income having 29 times more income than the bottom 20 percent. The bottom fifth of DC households had just two percent of total DC income in 2016, while the top fifth had a staggering 56 percent. - https://www.dcfpi.org/all/income-inequality-dc-highest-country/
DC's Rat Infestation Growth Leads Nation. 01/31/2025 - https://dailyvoice.com/virginia/arlington/dcs-rat-infestation-growth-leads-nation-due-to-climate-change-new-study-shows-why/
The demographic shift occurred gradually through the mid-20th century. During the Great Migration (roughly 1916-1970), many African Americans moved from the South to northern cities including D.C. By the 1950s, D.C. had become majority Black - reaching about 53% by 1960 and continuing to grow to around 70% by the early 1970s.
So for roughly two decades, D.C. had a majority Black population but was still governed by congressionally-appointed commissioners rather than elected local officials. The D.C. Home Rule Act, signed by President Nixon in December 1973, finally allowed residents to elect their own mayor and city council starting in 1974. Walter Washington became the first elected mayor in 1975 (he had previously served as the appointed mayor-commissioner).
Time for Congress to do away with Home Rule.
It’s been a proven failure.
“Finally”? Didn’t seem to be a problem for the white populace for almost 200 years.
Everybody forgets there were thousands of National Guard deployed in DC for months to prevent the insurrectionists from storming the Capitol again,( or for the first time, depending on POV). It was widely cheered even though they were sleeping in parking garages.
Yup. Thats a very calculated use of phrase on their part.
THE “DATA” IS CRAP
That is AI bias on display.
The measure still left significant power to the president and Congress
Constitutionally all of the power still lies there. It is just delegated to the DC city council and mayor. It certainly can be "un-delegated".
When did we start worrying about what “the law” says?
The Law’s an ass.
DC admission of violence is down.
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