“Crime is down and the enemy is furious. What’s not to like? At the risk of infuriating MAGA loyalists, in a word, infringements. Which plan will you go with? Help the administration see where it’s going off the rails and needs a course correction, or kill the messenger?”
“DC arrests surpass 1,000 as Trump-backed crackdown enters 12th homicide-free day,” Fox News reports. “U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the people of Washington DC feel a lot safer under the crackdown.”
It is remarkable. After over 50 years of DC home rule, the nation’s capital has devolved into a violent, crime-ridden hellhole, primarily in (but by no means limited to) predictable areas. A no-nonsense approach to predation is not only needed but also demanded by the Constitution, with its preamble outlining the purpose of assigning it powers, in this case “to insure domestic tranquility [and] secure the Blessings of Liberty.” You can’t do either if mutts who’ve been lifelong generational social drains can carjack and murder you at will. Naturally, MAGA “law-and-order conservatives” are elated with these developments, and just as expectedly, Democrats are livid, fudging crime stats and quick to claim things are worse in other cities (ignoring those are also run by their party).
“D.C. Democrats Are Furious at Trump for Stopping All the Homicides,” The Federalist notes. And rather than welcome a drastic reduction in what they call “gun violence,” Moms Demand Action reposted a “tweet” by an anti-gun politician claiming, “Posting troops in cities, undermining community trust never makes sense and is nothing more than a stunt.”
By David Codrea
