Trump’s DC: The Stats Don’t Lie!
Kevin McCullough
Let’s call it what it is: after seven nights averaging more than two dozen arrests per night, hundreds of criminals—gangsters, robbers, immigration violators—have been scooped up by federal forces in D.C. Dozens of illegal guns have been confiscated. Homeless encampments? Cleared. Drugs—fentanyl and more? Gone. Federal Patrols, Park Police, ATF, DEA, ICE, FBI—all in. The result? A city that, after too long, finally feels like what Americans deserve: safe and secure. And yes, Mayor Bowser, we see you checked out—Martha’s Vineyard must’ve been real pressing—but when the neighborhood finally starts feeling like home again, you owe the President a thank-you note.
For decades, the District of Columbia has been held hostage by progressive leadership more obsessed with public relations than public safety. If there was a way to massage the numbers, soften the reality, or distract from the obvious, Bowser’s city hall would find it. They’d rename carjackings “unauthorized use of a vehicle.” They’d water down assaults to “disturbances.” They’d play games with definitions to keep headlines looking manageable. They cared less about the mothers walking their kids to school, or the seniors afraid to ride the Metro, than they did about their own political talking points. The final insult came when one federal official parroted these cooked statistics and claimed violent crime was dropping. Within days of Trump’s crackdown, that official was fired. The truth won out, and the truth is this: crime was raging, the city was spiraling, and the people were desperate for help.
Contrast that phony “before” with what’s happening now. Trump invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act and unleashed a federal surge. The results in just one week speak for themselves:
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