Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) requested a meeting Tuesday with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to help the district reduce crime rates that have increased since he left the White House.
According to a recent study, the neighborhood currently safely ranks 172nd out of a list of 182 American cities. released By WalletHub. Crimes such as reported carjacking crimes; remain That's far more frequent than during President Trump's first term, according to police data.
district staff While cutting police funding by 1.7 percent in 2023, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves, who is responsible for prosecuting D.C. police arrests, has decided to not prosecute 56 percent of arrests. . The criminals then committed horrific acts against federal agents, employees, and Secret Service protectors.
President Trump: “Washington, D.C. has become a dirty, crime-filled death trap and the federal government must take over and run it properly.” Posted “This is part of my campaign platform and always will be. We will clean it, renovate it, rebuild it, and most importantly, make it safe. ”
Bowser said her team tried to contact Trump's staff to schedule Wednesday's meeting. President Trump is scheduled to appear on the Hill and at the White House on Wednesday morning.
“I want to make clear that Washington, D.C., is ready to welcome the new administration and is committed to ensuring a smooth and cooperative transition,” Bowser said. said Tuesday.
“We need partners who will help us restore the vibrancy of downtown Washington and the dignity of the federal government, as I call it.My staff doesn't like it when I say this. ” she added.
The incoming Trump administration will have an opportunity to significantly influence the direction of cities.
“D.C. is not a state and should not be treated like one,” Breitbart News senior legal contributor Ken Krukowski explained. “With President Trump taking office with a Republican majority in Congress, now is an ideal time to reform the Home Rule Act to rein in Washington’s excesses and bring dysfunctional cities back under presidential and Congressional oversight.” It will be.”
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
