Newsom’s Copycat Crackdown
Kevin McCullough
President Donald J. Trump did something in Washington, D.C. that America’s leaders—Democrat and Republican alike—have failed to do for decades: he restored order.
Using clear constitutional authority, Trump directed federal forces and coordinated with local law enforcement to clean up the capital city. The results were immediate and measurable. For twelve straight days, the nation’s capital—long plagued by violent crime, open-air drug dealing, and a general sense of lawlessness—recorded zero murders. Nearly a thousand criminals were rounded up, prosecuted, and put behind bars. Residents and visitors alike reported the city felt safer than it had in years.
This wasn’t a study group. It wasn’t another mayor’s “task force” or “blue ribbon commission.” It was action. And it worked. And that’s precisely why Gavin Newsom, governor of California and would-be progressive champion, suddenly decided to act.
On Friday, Newsom announced that he would be deploying law enforcement resources into California cities like San Francisco, Oakland, and elsewhere to address “spiking crime.” The same Gavin Newsom who spent years belittling concerns about crime, excusing the behavior of repeat offenders, and empowering district attorneys who refuse to prosecute even violent criminals—suddenly has discovered the need to “restore order.” Why now? Because Trump embarrassed him.
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