{"id":2475653,"date":"2025-08-17T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-says-he-fully-supports-trumps-dc-takeover-to-combat-crime\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:32:52","slug":"pence-says-he-fully-supports-trumps-dc-takeover-to-combat-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-says-he-fully-supports-trumps-dc-takeover-to-combat-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence says he &#8216;fully&#8217; supports Trump&#8217;s DC takeover to combat crime"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpence-says-he-fully-supports-trumps-dc-takeover-to-combat-crime%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=2475653&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 reports that former Vice President Mike Pence has expressed full support for former President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to deploy the National Guard and federalize the Washington, D.C. police force as part of an effort to combat crime in the nation&#8217;s capital. During an interview on CNN&#8217;s *State of the Union*, Pence described the January 6 Capitol riot as a &#8220;tragic day&#8221; and expressed a wish that Trump &#8220;would have done more&#8221; at that time. However,he emphasized his approval of the current crime crackdown,stating that the coordinated federal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-governor-calls-in-national-guard-ahead-of-trial-over-george-floyds-death\/\" title=\"Minnesota Governor Calls In ... Ahead Of Trial Over George Floyd\u2019s Death\">local law enforcement efforts<\/a> are working effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington,D.C., which has received cooperation from local authorities like Mayor Muriel Bowser and police Chief Pamela Smith, but has faced opposition from many Democratic lawmakers who argue the move encroaches on local control. Democrats frequently enough point to data suggesting violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low, but critics and some law enforcement experts claim these statistics are misleading due to alleged manipulation by local police. The White House maintains that crime in the city is &#8220;out of control,&#8221; justifying federal intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Since the declaration, more than 800 National Guard troops and around 850 federal agents have been deployed to D.C., with additional Guard members coming from states such as South Carolina, West Virginia, and Ohio to bolster security efforts. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Pence says he &lsquo;fully&rsquo; supports Trump&rsquo;s DC takeover to combat crime<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2205885\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a> said on Sunday he &ldquo;fully&rdquo; supports President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s decision to activate the National Guard in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, and federalize the local police force as part of the administration&rsquo;s crackdown on crime.<\/p>\n<p>CNN host Jake Tapper asked Pence about his thoughts on Trump&rsquo;s recent deployment of the National Guard compared to 2021, when the president didn&rsquo;t deploy troops to quell the Jan. 6 Capitol riot even though he had the authority to do so.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3501911\/new-york-city-club-shooting-brooklyn\/\">Three people killed and nine injured in shooting at New York City club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3501887\/ohio-south-carolina-deploy-national-guard-dc\/\">Ohio and South Carolina deploy National Guard to DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3501797\/west-virginia-sending-national-guard-troops-dc\/\">West Virginia sending National Guard troops to DC as part of Trump&rsquo;s crime crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Describing Jan. 6 as &ldquo;a tragic day,&rdquo; Pence said he wished Trump &ldquo;would have done more&rdquo; at the time before pivoting back to the initial question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I welcome his decision to deploy the National Guard and essentially federalize the D.C. police department. I know that it&rsquo;s all now working in a very cooperative way,&rdquo; he said on CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em> on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TAPPER: &ldquo;I am curious what goes through your mind when you see the president aggressively pushing out the National Guard [in DC] when he didn&#8217;t do so on January 6, 2021, as the Capitol was under attack, a mob was trying to lynch you, and your family was in danger?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>PENCE:&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xS4dzxU1s\">pic.twitter.com\/0xS4dzxU1s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1957093618436440556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important what the president is doing. I fully support it,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s former vice president continued. &ldquo;And I think the American people welcome the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president taking decisive action<\/a> to ensure the streets of our nation&rsquo;s capital are safe and also continue to provide resources across the country to make all of our cities and towns and communities safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pence&rsquo;s comments come almost one week after Trump announced the federal government would spearhead an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-increase-presence-at-shopping-malls-crowded-areas-in-northern-virginia-amid-isis-terror-threat-report\/\" title=\"Police Increase Presence At Shopping Malls, Crowded Areas In Northern Virginia Amid ISIS Terror Threat: Report\">increased law enforcement presence<\/a> in Washington. The move was met with cooperation from Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith, although Democratic lawmakers in Congress and the District of Columbia Council largely opposed Trump&rsquo;s growing influence over the district&rsquo;s affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, including Bowser, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">frequently cited<\/a> data showing violent crime is at a 30-year low in Washington. However, a law enforcement expert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/expert-flips-script-dems-pushing-cherry-picked-crime-stats-resist-trumps-dc-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">believes<\/a> the crime statistics are misleading because district police are manipulating the data to make it appear crime is lower when, in reality, it is not. The White House also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/08\/fact-yes-d-c-crime-is-out-of-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argues<\/a> &ldquo;crime is out of control&rdquo; in the blue city, warranting federal intervention.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3501887\/ohio-south-carolina-deploy-national-guard-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OHIO AND SOUTH CAROLINA DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD TO DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 800 National Guard troops and some 850 federal agents have been mobilized in Washington since last week, with more personnel on the way.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina, West Virginia, and Ohio are each sending hundreds of National Guard members to the nation&rsquo;s capital at the request of the Trump administration. The additional troops, totaling up to 750 people, are expected to arrive in the district in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pence fully backs Trump&#8217;s DC National Guard deployment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2475655,"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\/pence.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50833,4500,3634],"class_list":["post-2475653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-dc-takeover","tag-pence","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pence.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475653","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475657,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475653\/revisions\/2475657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2475655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}