From Red State:
The Democrats have been losing their minds about President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. You even had people like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) trying to downplay crime in the city, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claiming it wasn’t an emergency, and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) trying to argue that Trump “owned” a murder the day after the president formally announced he was taking action. People talk about Trump setting a trap for them to fall into to defend crime, but it’s truly that they are this dumb that they do this.
But most people aren’t buying the Democrat pitch – they know there’s a problem with crime in the city. Even the leftist protest in D.C. on Saturday which was focused on this issue didn’t draw many people. Probably because If you live in the area, you know crime is a reality.
Indeed. Reagan Reese:
There have been more than 380 total arrests since the start of the operation 11 days ago. In total... - 59 firearms have been seized. - Over 160 illegal aliens have been arrested, including known gang members and those with additional charges: assault, kidnapping, burglary, larceny, commercialized sexual offenses, smuggling illegal drugs like heroin, and more. Last night 22 multi-agency teams were deployed throughout all 7 districts in D.C. There were more than 1,950 participants in last night’s operations.
The DC Police union reports:
DC crime since the announcement of federal control versus the 7 days prior:
Robbery ⬇️46%
ADW ⬇️6%
Carjacking ⬇️83%
Car Theft ⬇️21%
Violent Crime ⬇️22%
Property Crime ⬇️6%
All Crimes⬇️8%While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent.
The question now rather obviously becomes, are the people protesting against this action by Trump and by extension, by law enforcement, actively campaigning for continued high crime rates in DC, and for that matter, all our cities?
First, it is impossible to avoid the fact that our major cities have, for decades, been run by Democrats. It is also, thereby impossible to avoid that those cities and the people in them have been subject to Democrat party policies. Secondly in turn, the crime rates we are dealing with now, are the direct result of those misguided policies.
And look; There isn’t a city in our country…not one… that is not suffering a higher crime rate than needs be. Not one. And every one of them is run by Democrats. The connection between the crime rates and who is running the places is inescapable. And the move away from Democrat policies, and the results are also inescapable.
