{"id":2474861,"date":"2025-08-14T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dc-police-chief-praises-trumps-feds-while-dem-mayor-does-everything-she-can-to-hide-her-approval\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:09:35","slug":"watch-dc-police-chief-praises-trumps-feds-while-dem-mayor-does-everything-she-can-to-hide-her-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dc-police-chief-praises-trumps-feds-while-dem-mayor-does-everything-she-can-to-hide-her-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: DC Police Chief Praises Trump&#8217;s Feds While Dem Mayor Does Everything She Can to Hide Her Approval"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwatch-dc-police-chief-praises-trumps-feds-while-dem-mayor-does-everything-she-can-to-hide-her-approval%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=2474861&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>Teh article discusses the impact of President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent decision to federalize law enforcement in Washington, D.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >amid rising crime rates<\/a>. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith praised the move, highlighting that the addition of about 500 federal personnel-and roughly 800 National Guard troops-has positively contributed to crime reduction. Smith&#8217;s candid acknowledgment contrasts with the more cautious and politically careful remarks of D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, who reluctantly admitted the federal presence had some effect but emphasized ongoing efforts to hire more local officers. The article critiques Democratic leaders for undermining police forces during the 2020 protests, which contributed to a shortage of officers. It suggests that Trump&#8217;s federal intervention helped address issues created by local Democratic policies and emphasizes Smith&#8217;s integrity in acknowledging the benefits of the federal takeover.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When President Donald Trump helps Democrats in spite of themselves, some public servants have courage enough to tell the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrat politicians, however, would never dare do such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a reporter from WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith championed the results of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-puts-dc-police-direct-federal-control-crime-surge-dem-run-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s decision<\/a> earlier this week to federalize law enforcement in the nation&rsquo;s capital, while Muriel Bowser, the city&rsquo;s Democratic mayor, stood by and grudgingly nodded in agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a great opportunity for us to build upon continuing to drive down crime with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-confirms-laundrie-notebook-admits-guilt-will-close-gabby-petito-investigation\/\" title=\"FBI Confirms Laundrie Notebook Admits Guilt, Will Close Gabby Petito Investigation\">federal law enforcement partners<\/a>,&rdquo; Smith said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fox5dc\/videos\/756539793786758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clip<\/a> posted to Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the federal takeover, the word &ldquo;partners&rdquo; constitutes an interesting euphemism. After all, Trump placed the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Smith&rsquo;s honest assessment of the results represents a refreshing departure from much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-host-says-dems-fell-trumps-trap-baited-defending-violent-crime-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat screeching<\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, when the reporter noted that the White House had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nearly-two-dozen-arrested-feds-dc-first-day-trump-takeover-suspected-murderer-included\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> 23 arrests on Tuesday night and then asked Smith if that sounded like a normal night for law enforcement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">police chief<\/a> responded by crediting Trump&rsquo;s infusion of crime fighters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not necessarily,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;Remember, you&rsquo;re talking about 500 additional personnel in the District of Columbia. And as you know, we&rsquo;ve talked about the fact that we&rsquo;re down in numbers with our police officers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In truth, roughly 800 National Guard troops arrived in the nation&rsquo;s capital on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The police chief then added that the &ldquo;enhanced presence&rdquo; would &ldquo;impact us in a positive way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, even at the local news level, establishment journalists have a narrative to push. Thus, the reporter turned to Bowser, citing &ldquo;concerns&rdquo; and asking if this really &ldquo;makes DC safer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bowser proceeded to choose her words carefully.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have been, over the last several years, focused on hiring more MPD officers,&rdquo; the mayor said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re at just over 3,100 officers. We&rsquo;d like to be at 3,800 officers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bowser then reluctantly admitted that the additional personnel had made a difference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So to the extent that you see the federal surge creating more arrests and taking more guns, MPD &mdash; MPD officers &mdash; would do the same thing,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bowser&rsquo;s comment, of course, reeked of absurdity. &ldquo;If we had police officers, they would do what Trump&rsquo;s people have done,&rdquo; she essentially said.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrat-run cities such as Washington, D.C., lack sufficient policing because Democrat politicians, in their haste to stoke the fires of the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-5-seconds-flat-common-sense-judge-traps-woke-blm-1st-graders-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> madness, made war on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-school-allows-parents-to-opt-out-of-black-history-month-curriculum-reverses-course\/\" title=\"Utah School Allows Parents To Opt Out Of Black History Month Curriculum, Reverses Course\">police officers nationwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-works-clean-dcs-mess-white-house-homeless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> has come to save Democrats and their voters from themselves.<\/p>\n<p>At least Smith had the integrity to tell the truth about the results.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, many Democratic politicians would never do the same. In an interview with WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith praised the outcomes of Trump&#8217;s recent move to federalize law enforcement in the capital. Meanwhile, Muriel Bowser, the city&#8217;s Democratic mayor, reluctantly agreed. &#8220;This is a great opportunity for us to continue reducing crime alongside our federal law enforcement partners,&#8221; Smith said in a Facebook clip. Notably, &#8220;partners&#8221; is a diplomatic term here since Trump placed the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s candid remarks stand out amid much Democratic criticism on this issue. When asked about 23 arrests made Tuesday night and whether that was typical for law enforcement activity, Smith credited Trump&#8217;s deployment of additional officers: &#8220;Not necessarily&#8230; you&#8217;re talking about 500 extra personnel in D.C., and we&#8217;ve been short-staffed.&#8221; In fact, around 800 National Guard troops arrived Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>She added that this increased presence would positively affect policing efforts. Yet even local reporters pushed a skeptical narrative by questioning Mayor Bowser if this truly made D.C. safer. Bowser carefully responded that while they have been hiring more officers-currently just over 3,100 with a goal of 3,800-she admitted the extra personnel had helped: &#8220;If we had enough police officers like these federal forces&#8230; MPD officers would do similar work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowser&#8217;s statement implied that without sufficient police staffing-a problem caused by Democrat-led efforts during the Black Lives Matter protests undermining law enforcement-the city relies on federal intervention led by Trump to maintain order. At least Chief Smith showed integrity by acknowledging these positive results truthfully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2474862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bowser-Smith.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39567,42019,51050,61299],"class_list":["post-2474861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dc-police","tag-democratic-mayor","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-trump-federal-agents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bowser-Smith.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474861","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474865,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474861\/revisions\/2474865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}