Most of the highest crime cities are run by Democrats. Boston, NYC, Chicago, Baltimore, SF, LA, Seattle, Portland (it wasn’t that long ago that Seattle and Portland were pretty decent. Pre-COVID they were around a 28, meaning safer than 28% of cities, at worst. Now it’s a 1 for both). They’re horrible policies led to the crime explosion. In some cases they’ve tried to get a bit tougher, like, say, San Francisco, but, it’s a little late, so, crime still flourishes. Until there’s a serious crackdown, nothing changes. So
Trump’s DC move forces Democrats to again grapple with crime
President Trump’s use of federal resources to combat crime in the nation’s capital is forcing Democrats to once again address the issue of law and order, something that has been a vulnerability for them in recent elections.
Democrats were quick to note — following Trump’s announcement Monday that he would federalize the city’s police force and deploy the National Guard — that violent crime in Washington, D.C., is down.
However, Republicans see the message as a winning one as signs suggest voters are concerned about crime regardless, leading some Democrats to warn their party against falling into the same political trap some see as having damaged them in the past.
“My advice to Democrats is don’t take the bait,” said Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist and former senior adviser to former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Nellis noted that voters could still feel strongly about crime even as statistics show improvement in metropolitan areas like D.C., thereby opening Democrats up to easy attacks from the GOP.
Too late! Democrats are already trying to die on the hill of “yeah, crime is still really high, but, it’s down!”
Polls show Republicans have the upper hand on the crime issue. According to a CNN survey released in June, 40 percent of voters said the GOP’s views on crime are closer to their own, while 27 percent said the same about Democrats.
“It’s obviously a winning an argument for Republicans, especially anytime we’re talking about crime in Democrat-run cities,” the national Republican operative said.
OK, this goes on in political calculations for a bit, but, here’s what Democrats do not get: we would rather not let it be a political issue, we just want to reduce crime to acceptable levels, and punish those who commit crimes. I’m sure most Democrats would like crime reduced, as well. They want to feel safe walking down the streets, in their homes, in their cars. But, if Democrats want to be super soft on criminals, then it becomes a political issue, and the GOP will bludgeon them with it.
Crime in cities is much more important to the people who don’t live there than to the people who do live there.
That is why property values are so high. If people did not want to live there, than property values and rents would not be so high. “Crime” is lower in rural areas, but each year more people, especially young people, flee the city for better social, educational, and employment opportunities.
There is not that much of a difference in the homicide rates of DC and the most dangerous states of Mississippi and Louisiana. Red states DO have significantly higher rates of crime and incarceration than blue states. Sometimes as much as 400% higher homicide rates
The hacker collective ANONYMOUS is looking into that incident that Trump used to deploy his “los Federales” to take over DC. A former 19yo Musk protege was beaten in DC. Allegedly while attempting to save his live in gf from a highjacking, by a gang of younger teenagers. Surprisingly no surveillance cams showed anything. It happened when bars closed at 3am. Big Balls is only 19yo, the 2 arrested 1 boy 1 girl are both 15yo. The legal age for drinking in DC is 19yo. Was Big Balls drunk? The 2 arrested say they weren’t trying to carjack, he said she said, when you have a name like Big Balls, it must be assumed to have been earned
DC has around 200 homicides each year. 95% of the victims are black most are criminals fighting over commercial reasons.
NC has a homicide rate 40% higher than the national average. How does that make you feel?
Under Biden Ghilsaine Maxwell was given a 20 year sentence for dozens of child sex crimes over multiple decades with victims as low as 14yo.
Epstein was given 1 year in jail by the the FL Attorney General (now UD Attorney General) Pam Bondi.
Maxwell was transferred from maximum security to low and now is at minimum. She is now eligible for work
release. And you applaud Trump on crime? The DC panic over crime is a distraction to try to make Americans forget about Epstein and his list .
Johnny-hairy-smith…”under Biden Maxwell was given a 20 sentence…”
Also under Biden, millions of illegals, many of them criminals, were allowed to simply walk across the border….
Our esteemed host wrote:
I have pointed out that it’s the inner city culture that has contributed to crime, but our host has pointed out the very white cities of Seattle and Portland are having the same problems as foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia. Could it possibly be that urbanization itself is the greater contributor to a lawless culture?
There is little anonymity in smaller towns, where everybody is familiar to everybody else, at least in passing. But in huge cities, so many people are unknown to the vast majority of people that criminals are less likely to be identified, by witnesses, or to the police.
from the FBI…
Street crime (homicide, burglary, robbery, rape, assault) is personal. Straight talk: White Americans are terrified of being murdered by a Black male (almost all murderers are male), or a Muslim or Mexican!! But most victims of Black murderers are Black males!! Blacks kill blacks, whites kill whites! As Mr Dana is wont to say, “It may be tragic, but America is better off when a Black man gets murdered!” It appears that White men in power actually use the fear of murder as a political football rather than have any interest in long-term solutions.
White collar crime (IP theft, mortgage fraud, medical fraud, embezzlement, securities fraud, money laundering, corporate fraud) cost Americans 20 times more than does street crime.
In 2020, NIH reported approximately 46,000 persons died by suicide and more than 25,000 persons died by homicide.
In contrast, Covid killed 1.1 million Americans, but President Trump’s Warp Speed Covid vaccine was estimated to have saved the lives of 3.2 million Americans!!
Here’s how Americans die (CDC, 2022)
Heart disease (679,356)
Cancer (607,930)
Unintentional injuries (221,167)
COVID-19 (185,467)
Stroke (159,894)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (145,006)
Alzheimer’s disease (113,304)
Diabetes (94,502)
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (54,976)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (51,978)
About 8,500 Americans die every day!! Fewer than 70 of those are murder victims. Ten times more Americans die from accidents every day than are murdered!!
Mr trump is an expert at using fear as motivation.
Rimjob’s cut and paste numbers warrant skepticism and are misleading about crime.
But what else is new?
Example:
https://crimeresearch.org/2024/04/how-reliable-are-the-fbis-report-of-violent-crime-data-there-are-some-major-problems/
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Who you gonna trust, Trump’s FBI and CDC or the crooked, lying John Fucking Lott (More Guns, Less Crime)?
Try again.
We should put our faith in Rimjob.
He never lies nor misleads nor leaves out context.
Cry harder, bitch.
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Mr teach’s attack lap-puppy (a female, so a bitch), who calls herself the MAGAt Motherfucker never has an argument, but rather protects Mssrs teach and trump at the cost of her soul and integrity.
Sad little loser girl.
Guess Rimjob gets his feelings hurt easily because he has nothing authentic or meaningful to offer.
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What, I wonder, does the distinguished Mr Dowd consider to be an acceptable level of crime? Given his strenuous objections to President Trump at least trying to do something to reduce violent crime, he must have at least some idea of what level of crime he believes to be OK.
Lol
Teach seems to think that cities have never had a crime problem
In the USA crime is at historical lows
Crime reporting is at historical highs
EXTRA!! EXTRA!!! 19 YEAR OLD BEATEN BADLY AFTER NIGHT OF UNDERAGE DRINKING IN DC BY GANG OF 15 YEAR OLDS!! CALL OUT LOS FEDERALES
This CRISIS!!!is Trump theater to district from EPSTEIN/MAXWELL all of a sudden Teach has stopped using words like “elites” and “los Federales”
Jl
Really ? Your best defense of Trump protecting convicted child traffickers is: things you dislike that Biden did? Epstein and Trump were buddy bros for decades. The US Attorney who agreed to not prosecute Epstein federally and agreed to FL taking the case Trump made his Sec of Labor. The FL Attorney General who gave Epstein his 1 year plea bargain with work furlough with take out food Trump gave her the job of US Attorney General of the USA. She has now approved work release for Maxwell from Club Fed
Lol
Any other historical figures you have in your arsenal to compare to defend Trump? Democratic Germany passed laws that Hitler used against minorities.anne Frank was an illegal migrat who refused to self deport as required by law. A law abiding citizen turned her in and arrested , detained and finally deported her according to the law.
The Christian Bible says that migrants should be treated equally as citizens. When secular law conflicts with civil law which should be obeyed ?
Jl
Really ? Your best defense of Trump protecting convicted child traffickers is: things you dislike that Biden did? Epstein and Trump were buddy bros for decades. The US Attorney who agreed to not prosecute Epstein federally and agreed to FL taking the case Trump made his Sec of Labor. The FL Attorney General who gave Epstein his 1 year plea bargain with work furlough with take out food Trump gave her the job of US Attorney General of the USA. She has now approved work release for Maxwell from Club Fed
Lol
Any other historical figures you have in your arsenal to compare to defend Trump? Democratic Germany passed laws that Hitler used against minorities.anne Frank was an illegal migrat who refused to self deport as required by law. A law abiding citizen turned her in and arrested , detained and finally deported her according to the law.
The Christian Bible says that migrants should be treated equally as citizens. When secular law conflicts with religious law which should be obeyed ?
In the USA our Constitution is the supreme law of the land, under that are treaties. The USA has signed many treaties giving refugees rights including asylum
Johnny, Johnny…”Your best defense of Trump protecting convicted child traffickers…”
Do you have hard proof of that, Johnny? Do you think before you write? How many child traffickers have entered the country illegally under Biden? A hell of a lot more than any Epstein case. “Democratic Germany passed laws that Hitler used against minorities..”. Care to name any laws that Trump has passed that are against “minorities”, as opposed to simply arresting those breaking the law? Or to put it another way that even you can understand, if Biden let in millions of minorities, many of them law-breakers, and Trump goes after those law breakers, who’s going to be arrested more frequently? Norwegians?
But nice try bringing Anne Frank as a comparison into your story. Care to tell us where any gas chambers are or where typhus is running rampant?
For whatever reasons, Mr trump is panicked by what the FBI found in the Epstein files. We shouldn’t be surprised. Epstein and trump were very good friends and “partied” together. In addition, trump has a sordid history of sexually abusing women, even by his own admissions.
We get it. Mr trump is a wealthy celebrity, born privileged with a silver spoon in his mouth, who feels American laws, norms, mores and traditions should not apply to privileged folks like him, Epstein, Musk, the Jan 6 mob and Ghislaine Maxwell. They’re special. That said, Mr trump is also a very cruel, selfish, transactional creature, keeping all those around him, including his own family and “friends” in line with direct and indirect threats.
How humiliating to the uber-sensitive trump must the Epstein info be? “Katie Johnson”, raped by Epstein when she was 13, and crying when trump slapped her, told her to shut up, and raped her with his micro-penis. He asked, “What did you think was going to happen?” She had been recruited by “Tiffany”, ostensibly Maxwell, and met with ‘trump” 3 or 4 times.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3894806/Woman-alleged-raped-Donald-Trump-13-Jeffrey-Epstein-sex-party-DROPS-case-casting-doubt-truth-claims.html
Dipshit Rimjob obviously didn’t read the article he posted.
Typically he overlooks the fact that supposed rape victim recanted her story.
It never happened. Like Rimjob she made it up.
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