Trump Threatens D.C. Mayor: Fix Crime Stats Or Face ‘Total Federal Takeover’

"Mayor Muriel Bowser must immediately stop giving false and highly inaccurate crime figures, or bad things will happen ..."

President Donald Trump threatened early Friday morning to take “complete and total” control of Washington, D.C., if Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department don’t address “false and highly inaccurate crime figures.”

In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised the National Guard and local law enforcement for their significant presence on the capital’s streets as the administration seeks to address violent crime in D.C. Trump also said that D.C. has gone more than a week without a murder, a statistic that the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.

“Washington, D.C. is SAFE AGAIN! The crowds are coming back, the spirit is high, and our D.C. National Guard and Police are doing a fantastic job. They are out in force, and are NOT PLAYING GAMES!!!” the president wrote.

Trump then called out Mayor Bowser, arguing that more work needs to be done to fix the city’s reporting of crime statistics.

“Mayor Muriel Bowser must immediately stop giving false and highly inaccurate crime figures, or bad things will happen, including a complete and total Federal takeover of the City!” he said. “Washington D.C. will soon be great again!!!”

The D.C. Police Union, which represents 3,000 officers with the Metropolitan Police Department, has said that there are issues with the accuracy of the crime data reported by the police department. Mayor Bowser has highlighted the police department’s statistics, which have shown a significant decrease in violent crime in the past two years, to push back against Trump’s National Guard deployment and attempted federal takeover of the D.C. police.

“I think that there’s a possibility that crime has come down,” said D.C. Police Union President Gregg Pemberton,...

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/

Another stat to add to the list:

DC Invests More in Policing Than Any Other Large City

In 2022, Washington DC was the city with the largest per capita police force in the country with 543 officers per 100,000 residents
[1 officer per 184 people]

The ten cities that employed the most police officers per capita in 2022 were:
Washington DC: 542.91 per 100,000 residents
Chicago, IL: 454.61
Las Vegas, NV: 444.05
New York City, NY: 440.26
Detroit, MI: 393.23
Philadelphia, PA: 384.74
Memphis, TN: 313.37
Boston, MA: 301.31
Miami, FL: 299.17
Los Angeles, CA: 236.86

(http://congress.gov/.../HHRG-118-JU08-20231012-SD003.pdf,

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