Majority Of Voters Say Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown Was ‘Justified,’ Feel ‘Unsafe’
The majority of Americans support the repression of President Donald Trump’s crime in the Columbia district and believe that major American cities are dangerous, according to recent polls.
A Harvard Caps / Harris poll published on Monday revealed that 54% of the registered voters said that efforts to fight the president’s crime in the national capital were “justified and necessary”. The favorable results arise as the administration praising a marked decrease in crime since the federal takeover of the president of DC, including a sequence of 12 days of zero has declared homicides. (Related: Dems in disarray while Trump represses the crime DC)
“This city has an average murder every two days in the last 20 to 30 years, which means that in two weeks, the president and his team have saved six or seven lives, people who were said to have been killed in the streets of DC,” said Vice-President JD Vance on Monday.
“”[Those individuals] Live now, breathe, spending time with their families because the president had the will not to say more, we are not going to give the streets of DC to vagabonds and thieves and murderers, “added Vance.
The American lawyer for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro also awarded the decline in statistics of crime to the president’s repression efforts.
“The dissuasive effect of everything that happens following the president’s decision to make DC safe and literally changes the Washington security landscape,” said Pirro in a video published on the X social media platform on Monday.
Fifty-four percent of respondents also support the president declaring a criminal emergency in the national capital and 56% believe that the major average city in the United States is “dangerous”, according to the survey. A slight majority of voters registered – 51% – said that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard units in Washington would make the city safer.
The sounder also found that the efforts of the Trump administration had received strong support from the self -employed with 47% of this cohort supporting Trump’s shares to reduce crime.
Washington, DC – August 24: members of the National Guard have 14th Street, working with the Metropolitan Police of Washington DC on August 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo of Katopodis / Getty Images) photo
Flights have decreased by 42% and carjackings have dropped 85% in the last 14 days in Washington, DC, according to statistics published Monday by DC Police Union. The union notably supported the takeover of the President of the police for the capital.
A member of the Venezuelan gang Tren of Aragua (ADD) was arrested on Sunday evening in Washington, the caller daily told Reagan Reese. The ADD member had several previous arrests and four immigration meetings, according to the official.
A presentation of the National Democratic Committee sponsored by the Group of Criminal Justice on the left, Vera Action, argued on Monday that efforts to reduce the president’s crime are a “political responsibility” for the Republicans.
Trump launched Chicago as the next city where he could deploy federal resources and ask for emergency powers to combat crime.
The online survey of 2,025 registered voters was carried out between August 20 and 21.
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