{"id":1999541,"date":"2023-08-13T19:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-for-us-govt-to-take-over-democrat-run-city-after-rising-crime-rates\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T19:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:11:01","slug":"gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-for-us-govt-to-take-over-democrat-run-city-after-rising-crime-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-for-us-govt-to-take-over-democrat-run-city-after-rising-crime-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmaker proposes federal takeover of Democrat-run city due to increasing crime rates."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-for-us-govt-to-take-over-democrat-run-city-after-rising-crime-rates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Engaging \u2062Tug-of-War\u200c in the \u2062Nation&#8217;s Capital: \u200dShould D.C.\u2064 Become a State?<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s a fascinating tug-of-war \u2062brewing in the\u200b nation\u2019s capital and \u200cit\u2019s \u2062all\u2063 about the nation\u2019s capital, itself.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that Democrats have\u200b been, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/manchin-delivers-blow-dems-dc-statehood-powergrab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for\u200d years<\/a> now, trying to make Washington, D.C., a state. Many Republicans\u200d oppose\u200b and criticize this because they feel that D.C. would just \u200bbecome another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-for-us-govt-to-take-over-democrat-run-city-after-rising-crime-rates\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker proposes federal takeover of Democrat-run city due to increasing crime rates.\">deep blue haven<\/a> for \u200dDemocrats, like California \u200dor New York.<\/p>\n<p>For a while now, Republicans had mostly just opposed these sorts \u200dof efforts and done little else.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it appears they\u2019re going\u2064 on the offensive.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Less Autonomy for D.C.: A Bold Move by Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>According \u200cto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/ogles-introduces-bill-to-repeal-dc-home-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>, Rep. Andy Ogles introduced a\u2062 bill\u200d on Friday that would\u2064 actually give D.C. <em>less <\/em>autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062freshman Republican representative\u200c from Tennessee cited\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-lose-biden-flip-flops-dc-crime-bill-fing-amateur-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-house-gop-signal-support-for-police-in-midst-of-defunding-calls\/\" title=\"McCarthy, House GOP Signal Support for Police in Midst of Defunding Calls\">rising crime rates<\/a><\/a> in the\u2062 nation\u2019s \u200ccapital as the chief impetus\u2063 for his legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act, and shift\u200d authority of the district to Congress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dccouncil.gov\/dc-home-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Established<\/a> in 1973, the Home Rule Act \u200deffectively created a local \u2063government (the district voted on a \u2062mayor\u200c and 13-member city council \u2063in 1974) \u2063to act\u200c in the district\u2019s best interests.<\/p>\n<p>Repealing that 50-year precedent would give more power back to Congress \u2014 not \u200bthat it didn\u2019t have any.\u2063 As it currently stands, Congress still has the ultimate say and can override the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-minneapolis-police-officers-left-after-getting-slammed-now-city-spending-millions-for-new-recruits\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Minneapolis Police Officers Left After Getting Slammed. Now City Spending Millions For New Recruits.\">city council\u2019<\/a>s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Ogles, who is filing this as the Seat\u200b of Government Act, has backing from fellow Republican Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-host-view-dares-panel-invite-guest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byron Donalds<\/a> and Matt Rosendale.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Restoring \u200bSafety: The Motivation \u2063Behind \u200dthe Bill<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIn \u2064the first 5 days of August,\u200c DC saw \u206213 homicides. The Nation\u2019s capital has been overrun with violent crime, drugs, theft, homelessness,\u2064 and riots,\u201d Ogles \u2064said in a statement, per \u2064the Examiner. \u201cThe Constitution places the authority and responsibility of DC administration with the Congress \u2014 not with a DC Mayor or a DC City Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress needs to reclaim its Constitutional authority and make our Nation\u2019s capital safe again, which is why I\u2019m introducing the Seat of Government Act to repeal the DC\u2064 Home Rule Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By the district\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/page\/district-crime-data-glance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statistics<\/a>, crime has \u2063risen across \u200dthe \u200bboard \u2064in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u200cup\u200d 30 percent overall according to year-to-date data as recent as \u200cFriday.<\/p>\n<p>That includes a 37 percent\u2064 jump in violent crime and a 29 \u200dpercent \u200cjump in property crime.<\/p>\n<p>Arson saw \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-marshalling-material-action-to-stem-svb-fallout-sources\/\" title=\"US marshalling \u2018material action\u2019 to stem SVB fallout -sources\">biggest growth<\/a> of all\u2062 the crimes, \u2062with a whopping 300 percent \u2063jump (in fairness, it went\u2062 from two to\u200d eight.)<\/p>\n<p>Of the\u2063 more common crimes, the biggest percentage jumps\u200b came in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-lawmaker-wants-to-ban-grand-theft-auto-claiming-its-responsible-for-increased-carjackings\/\" title=\"Illinois Lawmaker Wants To Ban \u2018Grand Theft Auto,\u2019 Claiming It\u2019s Responsible For Increased Carjackings\">motor vehicle theft<\/a> (2,086 in 2022 to\u200d 4,475 in \u200b2023, a 115 percent\u200d jump) and robbery (1,313 in 2022 to 2,106 in 2023, a 60 \u2063percent jump.)<\/p>\n<p>The most \u2062frequent crime is theft\u200c categorized under \u200d\u201cother,\u201d and that saw a 24 percent jump, with 6,191 \u2062in\u200c 2022, to\u200d 7,698 in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide \u200dand sex abuse increased by 25 percent and 22 percent,\u2062 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-us-govt-take-democrat-run-city-rising-crime-rates\/\">GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill for US Gov&#8217;t to Take\u2063 Over Democrat-Run \u2062City After Rising \u2064Crime Rates<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an intriguing battle in the capital over making Washington, D.C. a state. 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