{"id":2474012,"date":"2025-08-12T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-finds-some-support-in-blue-dc-for-police-takeover-i-feel-safer\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:51:54","slug":"trump-finds-some-support-in-blue-dc-for-police-takeover-i-feel-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-finds-some-support-in-blue-dc-for-police-takeover-i-feel-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump finds some support in blue DC for police takeover: &#8216;I feel safer&#8217;"},"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%2Ftrump-finds-some-support-in-blue-dc-for-police-takeover-i-feel-safer%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=2474012&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--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s federal takeover of Washington D.C.&#8217;s Metropolitan Police Department, involving the deployment of National Guard troops to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-dems-kill-crime-bill-amid-baltimore-murder-spike\/\" title=\"Maryland Dems Kill Crime Bill Amid Baltimore Murder Spike\">address violent crime<\/a> and homelessness in the city. Troops arrived at the D.C. armory as part of this initiative, which also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >includes measures requiring homeless individuals<\/a> to accept shelter or treatment or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-will-pardon-those-charged-with-covid-crimes\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Will Pardon Those Charged With COVID Crimes\">face jail time<\/a> to clean up the streets. The move has sparked mixed reactions among D.C. residents. some, like Melanie Splendora, expressed relief and a sense of increased safety due to rising crime, while others, such as Shashank Bharadwaj and Axol Campo, criticized the takeover as unneeded or a dangerous overreach, citing concerns about militarization, civil rights, and the displacement of vulnerable populations. Despite the city&#8217;s strong Democratic leanings-where trump received minimal voter support-the federal government retains authority over D.C., providing Trump with legal grounds for the intervention. the takeover has ignited debate about law enforcement, public safety, and governance in the nation&#8217;s capital.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s takeover of blue DC met with praise and rage by fed-up residents<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2202276\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington D.C.\">Washington D.C.<\/a> residents are preparing for a federal takeover of local law enforcement as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Guard\">National Guard<\/a> troops made their way to the District Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The first troops arrived at the D.C. Armory, located roughly two miles east of the United States Capitol building, early in the morning and continued streaming in throughout the day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3497921\/dc-national-guard-mobilizes-trump-district-takeover\/\">National Guard mobilizes in DC for Trump&#8217;s police takeover and crime crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3497320\/trump-commissions-new-coast-guard-icebreaker-arctic-security\/\">Trump commissions new Coast Guard icebreaker with aims of boosting Arctic security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3497614\/judge-decision-ghislaine-maxwell-grand-jury-materials\/\">Judge&#8217;s decision not to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials &#8216;unfortunate,&#8217; says Leavitt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">National Guard troops arrive at the D.C. Armory on Tuesday, Aug. 12. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3496096\/trump-federalizes-washington-dc-police-activates-national-guard-combat-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced the takeover\">announced the takeover<\/a> on Monday, saying he would activate hundreds of troops and take over the Metropolitan Police Department in order to address violent crime. <\/p>\n<p>Trump is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3497776\/dc-homeless-accept-treatment-face-jail-trump-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"targeting homelessness\">targeting homelessness<\/a>, with the White House saying homeless people must accept shelter, mental health, or addiction treatment, or face jail time to clean up the city&rsquo;s streets, both for locals and for tourists visiting the Nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a lot to take in for a city that voted 90.3% for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in last fall&rsquo;s election. By contrast, just 6.5% of D.C. voters,&nbsp;21,076 people in a city of over 700,000,&nbsp;pulled the lever for Trump.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">However, the district remains a federally controlled entity. Trump is likely on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3496167\/why-trump-dc-police-takeover-is-likely-to-avoid-legal-hurdles\/\" target=\"_blank\">solid legal ground<\/a>&nbsp;to make the move thanks to the power granted to&nbsp;<\/span>him by 77 million voters in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>As the troops arrived Tuesday, D.C. residents who spoke to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> shared a variety of reactions ranging from support for the president&rsquo;s actions to horror at the prospect of being sent to a concentration camp.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Splendora, who has lived in the District since 2011, was glad to hear it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel safer. It&rsquo;s terrible here,&rdquo; Splendora said during an interview near her residence on Thomas Circle, just two blocks from the scene of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/man-killed-in-shooting-in-northwest-dc\/3973874\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fatal shooting\">fatal shooting<\/a> that took place Monday night. <\/p>\n<p>Splendora added that she&rsquo;d witnessed groups of teenagers stealing from a nearby CVS more than once, though she said she herself was not targeted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Security doesn&rsquo;t do anything because they&rsquo;re in a big group, and then they go cursing and being rude to the people in the stores,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;They think they can do whatever they want because they feel like they&rsquo;re in control of the situation, and they just run off. No one is going to say something.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Melanie Splendora (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Splendora no longer goes out at night out of fear, and cited comments from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledging that more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-tebow-at-march-for-life-i-now-get-to-share-my-story-because-my-mom-gave-me-a-chance\/\" title=\"Tim Tebow At March For Life: \u2018I Now Get To Share My Story\u2019 Because \u2018My Mom Gave Me A Chance\u2019\">law enforcement presence<\/a> in local neighborhoods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-dc-fbi-national-guard-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"may be positive\">may be positive<\/a> in fighting crime.<\/p>\n<p>But Splendora is likely in the minority of local opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Shashank Bharadwaj, who also lives near Thomas Circle, doesn&rsquo;t feel the takeover is needed. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m worried about it encroaching on D.C.,&rdquo; Bharadwaj said while walking his dog. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no reason for their presence. Crime rates are down, so I don&rsquo;t see any good reason to justify it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shahank Bharadwaj (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bharadwaj hopes the deployment is as short as possible and said he does feel safe walking city streets. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the problem with D.C., right?&rdquo; said Bharadwaj, who has lived in Washington since 2022. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t really have representation at the federal level, so there&rsquo;s only so much [the city council] can do. It seems like Trump is allowed to just nationalize or federalize the city and take over the police department.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493524\/opm-director-scott-kupor-gentler-approach-streamlining-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New OPM director takes gentler approach to streamlining the federal bureaucracy\">New OPM director takes gentler approach to streamlining the federal bureaucracy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A third D.C. local, Axol Campo, also opposes the move, though in far stronger terms.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a non-binary person that is a D.C. resident,&rdquo; Campo said. &ldquo;I also have a last name that&rsquo;s not traditionally white, so if I get stopped in the wrong area, I could get sent off to a concentration camp or sent to another country or disappeared.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Campo, who lives in the northern part of the city, described the deployment as a &ldquo;complete fascist overreach&rdquo; and was concerned because, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know where these Gestapo are going to pop up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For Campo, who has lived in Washington for 10 years, a lack of police on the streets beats the threat of a militarized force, and the plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-l-a-hiding-homeless-people-ahead-of-oscars\/\" title=\"Reports: L.A. hiding ... ahead of Oscars\">remove homeless people<\/a> from the streets are also a concern.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel safe when there are unhoused people, because where the f*** are they going to go?&rdquo; Campo said. As for Mayor Bowser, Campo wishes she would be much more aggressive in her interactions with the president and Washington&rsquo;s police force. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stand the f*** up,&rdquo; Campo said. &ldquo;She, for years, has been offering bigger bonuses to police, while choosing not to fund things that would actually support the community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Campo declined to be photographed, citing safety concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2202276\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2202276\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s DC police takeover sparks mixed reactions among locals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2474013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/081225_CITIZENS-4-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61108,35975,3723,3634,33224],"class_list":["post-2474012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-police-takeover","tag-public-safety","tag-support","tag-trump","tag-washington-dc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/081225_CITIZENS-4-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474016,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474012\/revisions\/2474016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}