Top Democrats are pushing back on President Trump's plan to federalize the response to crime in Washington, D.C. (Getty;Reuters )
"If Hillary Clinton thinks DC is safe, she should go move to Anacostia or Navy Yard," conservative communicator Steve Guest posted on X.
Jeffries posted a similar reaction to Clinton on social media saying, "Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low. Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost."
Conservatives on social media ripped Jeffries as well.
"A selection of headlines in our nation’s capital this month," NRCC deputy executive director Jack Pandol posted on X along with several news headlines of recent violent crime in DC.
"Why do Democrats always take up for thugs, violent criminals, and illegals over law abiding citizens?"
"Democrats are lining up to oppose crime being lower in DC," Outkick founder Clay Travis posted on X. "It’s bonkers."
TRUMP VOWS TO MAKE DC 'SAFER' AND 'BEAUTIFUL' AS CAPITAL BATTLES CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS
The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as U.S. Capitol Police officers reopen a street after a driver was arrested for driving erratically and drove onto the grass near the Capitol Hill (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
"Look at these. Baghdad is… we doubled up on Baghdad. Panama City, Brasilia, San Jose, Costa Rica, Bogota, Colombia. Heavy drugs. Mexico City, I mentioned Lima, Peru, all double and triple what they are. So do you want to live in places like that? I don't think so. I don't think so. And I think the people in this room, if you wrote correctly, you'd see. Look at the kind of numbers we have. D.C. 41 per 100,000 (for homicides in 2023). No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world. Other cities are pretty bad, but they're not as bad as that. That the way you want to live? The reporters of the world? Juvenile offenders and crimes against persons as they say, it's getting worse, not getting better. It's getting worse," he continued.
The nation's capital in the following years has been rocked by shootings that have left innocent children shot and dead, a trend of juveniles committing carjackings that have turned deadly in some cases, shoplifting crimes and attacks on government employees, summer interns and others, including the fatal shooting of 21-year-old congressional intern, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, in June.
Trump's opponents have cited crime statistics showing crime in Washington is on the decline. Violent crime is down 26% this year, in comparison to the same timeframe in 2024, according to Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department. Likewise, assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 20%, and homicides are down by 12%.
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Police believe congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was not intended target when multiple suspects opened fire. (Mass GOP/X)
"This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we're going to take our capital back," he said. "We're taking it back under the authority vested in me as the president of the United States. I'm officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is. And placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control. … In addition, I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC. And they're going to be allowed to do their job properly."
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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