{"id":2477160,"date":"2025-08-21T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-proves-dems-destroy-cities-by-choice\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:59:35","slug":"trump-cleaning-up-dc-proves-dems-destroy-cities-by-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-proves-dems-destroy-cities-by-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cleaning Up DC Proves Dems Destroy Cities By Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-cleaning-up-dc-proves-dems-destroy-cities-by-choice%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=2477160&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 how President Donald Trump took decisive action to address crime in Washington, D.C., which had long been considered inevitable by its local leaders. By deploying the National Guard to restore order, the city experienced a meaningful drop in violent crime, including seven consecutive days without a homicide, an 83% decrease in carjackings, a 46% drop in robberies, and an overall 22% reduction in violent crime. Despite this success, critics from the left, including the Centre for American Progress and D.C.&#8217;s Attorney General,condemned the deployment,claiming it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-leftist-district-attorney-takes-things-so-far-even-a-soros-backed-ag-had-to-step-in\/\" title=\"...ist DA goes too far, Soros-backed AG intervenes.\">undermines public safety<\/a> and fails to address real priorities. The article argues that their opposition is less about the results and more about acknowledging that strong leadership and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-jamaal-bowman-pushes-defunding-police-after-requesting-special-police-protection-at-his-home\/\" title=\"Democrat Jamaal Bowman Pushes ... Police After Requesting Special Police Protection At His Home\">increased police presence<\/a> can indeed reduce crime, challenging the narrative that crime is inevitable or that defunding the police is effective.The piece concludes that the success in D.C. under Trump&#8217;s intervention reveals that safe, orderly cities are achievable with the right leadership, something the left&#8217;s approach has failed to deliver.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zy5JACb7li4\">NBC4 Washington\/ Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump%20Cleaning%20Up%20DC%20In%20One%20Week%20Proves%20Democrats%20Are%20Destroying%20Their%20Cities%20By%20Choice&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Trump%20Cleaning%20Up%20DC%20In%20One%20Week%20Proves%20Democrats%20Are%20Destroying%20Their%20Cities%20By%20Choice&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump%20Cleaning%20Up%20DC%20In%20One%20Week%20Proves%20Democrats%20Are%20Destroying%20Their%20Cities%20By%20Choice&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>For years, Washington, D.C.&rsquo;s so-called leaders resigned themselves to the idea that crime was inevitable. Then came President Donald Trump, who saw a problem and took the novel approach of actually doing something about it &mdash; sending in the National Guard to restore order in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The result? For the first time in ages, D.C. has gone seven straight days without a single homicide. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-621054465\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/newsletter-daily\/national-guards-presence-slashes-dc-crime-rates-with-seven-days-homicide-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox45<\/a>, the capital has also seen carjackings decrease by 83%, &ldquo;robberies by 46%, car thefts by 21%, and overall violent crime is down 22%.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Betsy Smith of the National Police Association said Washington, D.C.&rsquo;s police department is suffering critical staffing shortages, which is an issue since &ldquo;More police generally equals less crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course that simple truth runs counter to everything the left has preached for years. They&rsquo;ve championed defunding the police, smeared law enforcement as systemically racist, and sneered at Trump&rsquo;s efforts to make Washington not just safe, but livable again. In fact, they&rsquo;ve told us for days now that Trump&rsquo;s efforts actually make D.C. <em>unsafe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Center for American Progress (CAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/president-trumps-recent-actions-in-washington-d-c-are-an-abuse-of-power-and-threaten-public-safety-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> that &ldquo;these deployments &hellip; fail to address the district&rsquo;s real public safety priorities.&rdquo; CAP argued that the deployment of the National Guard &ldquo;will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-desantis-biden-pushing-to-release-criminal-aliens-backs-fla-ags-legal-challenge-against-biden-to-resume-deportations-of-illegals-who-committed-crimes\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. DeSantis: Biden pushing to release criminal aliens, backs Fla. AG\u2019s legal challenge against Biden to resume deportations of illegals who committed ...s\">threaten public safety<\/a> in the nation&rsquo;s capital.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DemocraticAGs\/status\/1958171688450900266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the deployment &ldquo;undermines public safety&rdquo; while one D.C. resident, Mara Lasko, told CNN that she doesn&rsquo;t think the National Guard makes people feel safer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think they&rsquo;re actually doing anything productive to make our city a safer place,&rdquo; Lasko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/13\/politics\/national-guard-washington-dc-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the data disproves their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>But their outrage was never really about the National Guard &mdash; or police in general &mdash; making the streets safer. Nobody actually opposes less homicides, less carjackings, or safer neighborhoods. What they oppose is what those results <em>prove.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If a full week without a single homicide is possible &mdash; if violent crime can really decrease when leadership takes action &mdash; then the left&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >entire excuse-making machine collapses<\/a>. Crime is not inevitable. It&rsquo;s not &ldquo;just the way things are.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a product of weak, spineless leadership that would rather watch constituents suffer than admit strong action works.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s why the left is furious about the National Guard in Washington. Not because it failed &mdash; but because it works. It showed the country that with real leadership, you can stop violence, you can have order, and you can have nice things &mdash; but you won&rsquo;t get those nice things with a Democrat in power.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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