President Trump Use of federal resources to combat crimes In the capital of the nation, the Democrats forces themselves to again deal with the question of law and order what was susceptible to them in the recent elections.
The Democrats quickly noticed that the violent crime in Washington, DC, is due to the announcement of Trump on Monday that he would fold the city’s police and apply the National Guard.
However, the Republicans see the message as a winner, as signs indicate that voters are concerned independently of crime, and some democrats cause their party to warn of the same political trap that some have damaged in the past.
“My advice on Democrats is not to take the bait,” said Mike Nellis, a democratic strategist and former senior consultant of the former Vice President Harris.
Nellis noted that voters could still feel strongly about crime, even if the statistics show an improvement in metropolises such as DC and thus open the Democrats for plain attacks from the GOP.
“All crime figures indicate that violent crime has dropped in every big city. I don’t think people will believe that,” he said. “I’m not saying that the numbers are wrong, it is only that the perception is what it is.”
The Republicans quickly took over this perception. A GOP -Operative compared the party’s messages about the crime, as the inflation framed in the context of the Biden administration and said: “At the end of the day, the voters feel.”
Surveys show that the Republicans have the upper hand on the crime question. After a CNN survey 40 percent of the voters published in June that GOP’s views were closer to crime, while 27 percent gave the same about Democrats.
“It is obviously a win of a republican argument, especially when we talk about crime in democratic cities,” said the National Republican operator.
The Republicans have advertised the president’s announcement and pointed out their own experiences in the city.
“In the Marinehof, where I am in DC, a member of the congress was ground. The employees were attacked and robbed. A Uber-Eat driver was killed by two 15-year-old girl in a botched carjacking and retail shops because they were so often robbed”, Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.)) said in a post on x.
However, the critics of the President and many democrats have pointed out statistics that show that violent crimes are in the country’s capital.
Accordingly Data reported by the Metropolitan Police DepartmentThe District of Columbia recorded a decline in crime from 15 percent and 35 percent of violent crime from 2023 to 2024 after a spike in 2023.
However, there is still a perception of voters across the country that the crime remains a problem.
Accordingly A Gallup survey In March, 47 percent of the respondents were stated that they believe that they deal “a lot” about crime and violence. This number decreased from 53 percent in March last year. Another 28 percent of the respondents stated in March that they deal with a “fair amount” about crime and violence, by two points compared to 26 percent compared to the previous year.
Nellis, the democratic strategist, encouraged the party to concentrate on other topics such as the economy, health care and corruption.
Trump’s announcement to take measures to combat crime in DC takes place because the administration deals with less than corresponding economic data. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) Published numbers on Tuesday Show in July in the implementation of the president’s tariffs. And at the beginning of this month, data from BLS Economy added 73,000 jobs in July, far below the expectations of the economists of around 100,000.
In addition, Trump and his team were plagued by his government of questions about the treatment of Jeffrey Epstein, which led to a scarce examination of his own political basis.
“Trump is in a rather difficult political position” A democratic strategist said. “If he has withdrawn against the wall, he wants to change the site.”
Many Democrats not only focus on meeting Trump on the economy, but also encourage incumbents and candidates to emphasize their own records of combating crime.
“I don’t think it is absolutely helpful to go to the voters and how” here is a graphic, “said a democratic operational.” It is simply not effective. ”
Democrats refer to a number of examples for their members who are tough in crimes, including the reps. Don Davis (Dn.C.) and Gabe Vasquez (Dn.M.).
In June, Davis pushed back to resolve the Snow Hill police department, while Vasquez introduced laws last month that are targeting the crime organized in border communities.
However, the Republicans argue that Democrats are automatically defined by progressive members of their party who have requested the police, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) and the Democratic Mayor candidate of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.
“Trust a democrat to cope with crimes is like the Fuchs’ request to protect the chicken house,” said Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the National Republican Congress Committee. “The voters know that they are less safe in the cities led by the Democrat, and no spin can cover up their long recording of the support of the police, the abolition of ice cream and any other pro-criminal policy in the book.”
The House Democratic Campaign Arm published its own explanation and described the Republicans hypocritical on this topic.
“Firstly, the party should never present someone about law and order for those who attacked the Capitol police on January 6th,” said Viet Shelton, spokesman for the democratic congress.
“Secondly, no desperate misconduct will hide the reality that the American people will quickly acidify the failed agenda of the Republicans of the Republicans of Broken Promises and increasing prices and will reject them in the meantime,” he continued.
The mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser (D), hit a diplomatic tone with the administration and said she would work with federal officials.
“I go to work every day to make sure it is not a complete catastrophe.
Some Democrats commented concerns about the measures of precedent in the capital in other metropolises across the country.
“It’s a dangerous stunt, but it’s still a stunt,” said Nellis.
