Posted on 08/11/2025 4:18:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday it is true that the city underwent a “crime spike” following the COVID-19 pandemic, but argued a “huge decrease” in crime has occurred since.
President Donald Trump announced Monday he is federalizing the district’s Metropolitan Police Department to address a “public safety emergency,” with the MPD under the control of Attorney General Pam Bondi. In her press conference, Bowser said that she believes the president’s view of Washington is “shaped by his COVID-era experience” during his first term.
“And it is true that those were more challenging times related to some issues. It is also true that we experienced a crime spike post-COVID. But we worked quickly to put laws in place and tactics that got violent offenders off our streets and gave our police officers more tools, which is why we have seen a huge decrease in crime because of those efforts,” Bowser said Monday.
Bowser credited her city’s new laws for lowering a 2023 spike in crime. This year’s crime level was lower than both 2023 and 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic started. She also said the city is at a “30-year violent crime low,” but she is “not satisfied” with these statistics.
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They sold out to the drug gangs.
I can’t believe she has the Big Balls to say something so stupid.
His first term was tepid. Now there is no end to Trump’s clean-up.
And who was mayor THEN ?
another criminal coddling Dem ?
Or HER ! ?
nothing is ever their fault is it
I’m betting they’ll blame Trump for “leading” the Jan 6 “insurrection” cuz, you know, DC hasn’t been the same since or some such.
Her view of appropriate crime control must have come from the
George Floyd Era, meant to ‘Make Rioting Safe & FUN Again!”
Well, the demPanic was a hoax.
As was the "vaccine"...Russia Russia Russia, the 2020 "election", the January 6th "insurrection" and all the bogus lawfare etc etc etc.
Heads need to roll, especially f ouchie.
I defy any Congresscritter, hell, any white citizen, to walk through any part of Northeast Washington D.C. after midnight.
I guess she forgot the crack wars on the late 80’s and early 90’s.
You can’t even walk safely in DC on a beautiful afternoon.Georgetown, Palisades etc even the Wharf is door to door visiting only.I doubt many places will still be in business in 5years.
Or LBJ’s war against the black family.
” Muriel Bowser said Monday it is true that the city underwent a “crime spike” following the COVID-19 pandemic, “
Gaslighting gone wild! The crime spike followed the BLM riots and elimination of cash bail.
The Dei police chief has ordered violent crimes be reported as lesser crimes to lower stats.
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