Here’s a good question: has Congress delegated any power to the Executive Branch to do this? Because Congress has delegated authority for some of the day to day work to local government, but, ultimately, Congress has with plenary legislative authority over the federal district
Trump threatens to federalize DC after ex-DOGE employee ‘Big Balls’ violently beaten
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to federalize Washington, D.C., calling for local minors and gang members over the age of 14 to be prosecuted as adults, after a famed former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee was allegedly beaten in the nation’s capital.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said local youth and gang members are “randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released.”
Along with the post, Trump shared a photo of a bloodied man on the street.
Multiple sources told Fox News Digital the person in the photo shared by the president is Edward Coristine, the teenager known as “Big Balls,” who previously worked for DOGE.
Obviously, Democrats will oppose cracking down on crime. Quite a few of them have their own security and/or live in tony, high class buildings, divorced from the violence.
The president said it appears criminals are “not afraid” of the police, because “nothing ever happens to them.”
“Washington, D.C. must be safe, clean, and beautiful for all Americans and, importantly, for the World to see,” he wrote in the post. “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore.”
Consider: The District Of Columbia is rated a 2 by Neighborhood Scout. That means it is safer than 2% of U.S. cities. Meaning it is high crime. You have a 1 in 95 chance of being a violent crime victim, and the 10.47 (per 1,000) rate is over double the national rate of 4. Assault and robbery are off the chain. Property crime is 1 in 24, with a rate 3 times the national rate. Theft and motor vehicle theft are super high.
Look at the map at the link: this is our nation’s capitol. Should any part be beyond a light blue? Let’s not forget that these are Democrat doing the crime, since 90% voted for Kamala.
Just give the non-federal areas back to Maryland and let them handle. The locals have been crying for decades about not being represented in congress so you could kill two birds with one stone.