Dems In Disarray As Trump Cracks Down On DC Crime

Democrats would find it difficult to develop a message to counter the efforts of President Donald Trump to eliminate violent crimes in Washington, DC

Some democratic strategists have told The Hill in an article published on Monday that they are not satisfied with their party’s response to the repression of Trump’s crime so far. The report arrives a week after Trump declared On August 11, he deployed the National Guard to help attack the capital crime crisis.

“These statistics on crime, as impressive as they are, do not replace the way people feel and what they see, and Washington residents always have the impression that the crime is too high and too omnipresent, and … This reality has created this opening for Donald Trump,” the Hill the Democrat Stratege Anthony Coley, who lives in DC. (Related: DC Homeless Guy does not regret voting for Trump even if his tents were thrown)

“Now, this is not an excuse for this political blow he is trying to make, but from a raw political point of view, you never want to give your political opponent an opening to respond to a real concern that your voters have,” added Coley.

In addition, The Democrat Stratège Basil Smikle told The Hill that he thought there was an impression among some voters that Democrats can be “sweet on crime” and that “progressives are too lax on criminals and criminal activities”.

“One of the reasons why Trump has welcomed this is because there is this impression that the Democrats are gentle on crime and that progressives are too lax on criminals and criminal activities,” Smikle said at the point of sale. “I think it is important to say that crime has decreased in part because the communities responded to high crime rates.

Washington, DC – August 14: The members of the National Guard are held at Union Station on August 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump has announced his intention to deploy federal and national guarded officers in the district to place the DC metropolitan police department under federal control and to help crime prevention in the national capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

The president declared on Monday in a social article of truth that “pEople again flock to DC “due to the repression of the crime of its administration.

“Until 4 days ago, Washington, DC, was the most dangerous” city “in the United States, and perhaps the world,” Trump wrote in social media post. “Now, in a short period of time, it may be the surest and improves every hour!” People again flock to DC, and soon, the embellishment will start! ”

Many Democrats notably criticized Trump for having moved to fight crime in the national capital, notably the chief of the Hakeem Jeffries House, who said in a post of August 11 that the president had “zero credibility on the question of law and order. »»

Moreover, DC DC DC prosecutor Brian Schwalb announced on Friday that he was continuing the Trump administration because of his takeover from the Metropolitan Police Department of the Columbia District (MPD). Schwalb said in a post announcing the trial that ” is the most serious threat to the domicile rule that DC has never been faced with, and we are fighting to stop it. »» (Connex: how the American capital has become a mild refuge on crime)

A Yougov survey of August 11 notably revealed that 37% of voters believe that crime rates in American cities have “increased a lot” since 2020.

“These are more who you are going to believe,” the Democrat Stratège Rodell Mollineau told The Hill. “There are a lot of dog checks in there, and if people are likely to believe this, then it is difficult to fight it.”

“It is difficult to say that you should answer with something other than the truth, even if some people do not want to hear the truth,” added Mollineau. “It is performative, and it is not really obtained the results. I think that is where we have to go, but I think there will be a population that will never believe us.”

Always, Smikle told The Hill that he did not believe that Democrats were “disconnected”.

“I don’t think [Democrats] are disconnected because crime fell into these cities, so that they know how to control their cities, “said Smikle at the point of sale.” They must simply remind voters that they have reduced crime in their cities, and they know how to do it. “”

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