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Trump suggests ‘a little fight with the wife’ shouldn’t count in DC crime stats
TheHill.com ^ | 09/08/25 | Tara Suter

Posted on 09/09/2025 3:35:30 AM PDT by equaviator

President Trump on Monday suggested that “a little fight with the wife” should not count when it comes to Washington, D.C., crime statistics amid his crackdown in the nation’s capital.

“Can you imagine our capital being the most violent city? But it was — it was really bad, into a totally safe zone. It’s called a safe zone city. There’s no crime. They said, ‘Crime’s down 87 percent,’ I said, ‘No, no, no, it’s more than 87 percent, virtually nothing,’” Trump said during an event at the Museum of the Bible in D.C.

“And much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime,” he added. “You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, ‘This was a crime, see?’ So, now I can’t claim 100 percent.”

His comments were part of a speech he delivered at the Religious Liberty Commission’s meeting on Monday.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; dc; idiottdstroll; ivanadivorcedepo; nevertrumpkywrdtroll; trumptrollsneedazot
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I sincerely doubt that President Trump was downplaying or being dismissive of the seriousness of spousal abuse, and the suggestion that he was is an abuse of the 1st Amendment.
1 posted on 09/09/2025 3:35:30 AM PDT by equaviator
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Black guy kills a Ukrainian woman on a train in cold blood — Democrats: lots of sympathy for the black guy.

Trump says a domestic fight isn’t always a serious crime — Democrats: Trump is a monster.


2 posted on 09/09/2025 3:47:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Society has no reward for following the rules any more)
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Trump is great but he has a bad habit of stepping on his own dick. The mSM isn’t looking for ways to report the success of his crime crackdown. Only things with which to distract from the real story and tear him down. And he provides them with the ammo. Every. Time.


3 posted on 09/09/2025 3:51:08 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Another glitch in reality for them and they always find what they think is a workaround.


4 posted on 09/09/2025 3:54:44 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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Police do nothing when folks have a fight. unless someone is arrested....there is no crime


5 posted on 09/09/2025 3:54:54 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ClearCase_guy

Note to the enemedia: A domestic is a type of call, not a crime.


6 posted on 09/09/2025 3:56:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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Is the DC PD cooking its call stats, too?!


7 posted on 09/09/2025 3:57:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Sirius Lee

His ego leads him into much of the trouble at times. No need to “talk” here.

I saw the headline and thought “oh no, what did he say now”?


8 posted on 09/09/2025 4:01:18 AM PDT by dforest
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To: equaviator

It’s a simple dog against anyone on the left that will look for anything against Trump regardless of how insignificant.... nothing more.


9 posted on 09/09/2025 4:02:55 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Of course the DC leftists are going to cook the stats. Anything that might make their enemy look good is what they must lie and obfuscate about.


10 posted on 09/09/2025 4:05:03 AM PDT by dforest
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To: maddog55

Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest...and the suggestible gobble it up.


11 posted on 09/09/2025 4:07:14 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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It’s not right, but in many jurisdictions if the cops have to come out for a domestic, somebody’s going to jail.


12 posted on 09/09/2025 4:27:11 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

mot in my state...


13 posted on 09/09/2025 4:43:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Agreed. Plus, some older people use the word “fight” for a heated argument, even when there’s no physical fight.


14 posted on 09/09/2025 5:02:01 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I threw a Corelle plate once...it shattered into THOUSANDS of pieces...I spent my day picking up pieces...he spent his on the golf course...alas


15 posted on 09/09/2025 5:05:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Don’t want to minimize the effects of domestic violence but President Trump is exactly right on his comments on spousal fights

The number of lives ruined and families busted up due to police being called to a domestic dispute is too many.

In many states with draconian domestic violence laws if a wife or husband gets mad and calls police either the husband or wife is going to spend the night in jail - often on bogus charges based on false claims.

Zero police discretion because the legislature wrote a zero tolerance law because the police once were called to a domestic dispute. They cooled the people down but the fight reignited later and the wife was murdered

I know a very well respected doctor who was a great husband and father. His wife got angry, started an argument and called the police to make a false claim he hit her.

The poor guy was arrested and spent the night in jail.

His first action when he was released on bail was to call a divorce attorney.

He was eventually exonerated and his now ex wife was charged with making false statements and did a plea agreement.

Kids were involved

Their family was torn apart.

All for nothing

This has become really commonplace


16 posted on 09/09/2025 5:09:24 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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It’s been going on for decades.


17 posted on 09/09/2025 5:16:38 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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““And much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime,” he added. “You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, ‘This was a crime, see?’ So, now I can’t claim 100 percent.””


18 posted on 09/09/2025 5:24:21 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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Read the whole thing for context...

For those who think he’s minimizing household violence:

“And much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime,” he added. “You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, ‘This was a crime, see?’ So, now I can’t claim 100 percent.””

Now they’re counting spats as crimes when they used to discount assaults/robberies and murders...


19 posted on 09/09/2025 5:26:54 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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So Hitlery throwing an ashtray at Slick Willy wasn’t a crime?


20 posted on 09/09/2025 5:30:05 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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