{"id":2482437,"date":"2025-09-04T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-analyst-whos-been-robbed-multiple-times-in-dc-complains-about-trump-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:07:56","slug":"msnbc-analyst-whos-been-robbed-multiple-times-in-dc-complains-about-trump-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-analyst-whos-been-robbed-multiple-times-in-dc-complains-about-trump-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Analyst Who&#8217;s Been Robbed Multiple Times in DC Complains About Trump Crackdown"},"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\">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%2Fmsnbc-analyst-whos-been-robbed-multiple-times-in-dc-complains-about-trump-crackdown%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=2482437&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 MSNBC analyst Ashley Parker&#8217;s critical atlantic piece on President Donald Trump&#8217;s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. Parker condemns the move as a step toward authoritarianism, accusing Trump of using D.C. as a &#8220;test case&#8221; to militarize law enforcement nationwide, despite the city&#8217;s serious problems with crime, violence, drugs, and homelessness.The piece highlights Parker&#8217;s apparent hypocrisy, noting that she has personally experienced multiple robberies in D.C. and yet criticizes crime-fighting efforts. While Parker acknowledges some positive effects of the National Guard presence-such as a reduction in crime and improved public order-she portrays the deployment as largely ineffective and unwelcome by many residents, describing the troops as reluctant and the operation as more symbolic than substantive. The article argues Parker&#8217;s critique is biased and dismissive,showing more sympathy for illegal immigrants than American citizens and mocking the efforts to improve the city&#8217;s safety. Ultimately, the piece contends that Parker&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stance reflects mainstream media&#8217;<\/a>s hostility toward Trump and unwillingness to recognize the practical benefits of his policies.  <\/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>MSNBC analyst Ashley Parker co-wrote an article for the Atlantic on Sunday, decrying President Donald Trump&rsquo;s crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., despite having been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-on-ca-smash-and-grabs-crime-is-higher-in-texas-but-you-dont-see-that-on-fox-news\/\" title=\"Newsom on CA Smash-and-Grabs: &#039;... Is Higher&#039; in Texas But You Don&#039;t See That on Fox News\">robbed multiple times<\/a> in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/08\/trump-national-guard-deployment-dc\/684055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a>, Parker accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-no-choice-seek-death-penalty-every-d-c-murder-case-crime-city-plummets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> of using D.C. as a &ldquo;test case&rdquo; to &ldquo;deploy the National Guard across the country as a paramilitary police force &mdash; and that Americans are being conditioned to accept authoritarianism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m sure the president&rsquo;s choice had nothing to do with the city&rsquo;s issues with crime, violence, drugs, and homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>After expressing sorrow for illegal immigrants not being able to walk the streets, Parker tried to mock the National Guard troops&rsquo; presence but came off more like an arrogant college professor grading a student&rsquo;s paper.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Their sudden appearance brings with it an absurdist sheen &mdash; their tasks quotidian (&lsquo;beautification&rsquo;), their backdrops farcical (a Dupont Circle Krispy Kreme), their very presence sitcom-esque (as if lifted from an episode of Veep),&rdquo; she wrote.<\/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>You can feel the animosity and hatred for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-embarrasses-ap-highest-approval-rating-ever-winning-streak-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> with every word.<\/p>\n<p>Her outrage is ironic, given that Parker felt the need to complain on the social media website X back in June, about how many times she&rsquo;d been robbed while living in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After another bike was stolen last night, my husband and I realized our life as DC homeowners by the numbers includes: 1 stolen car; 2 stolen scooters\/Vespas; 3 stolen bikes; a partridge in a pear tree; etc,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This you?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1lblhWXouW\">https:\/\/t.co\/1lblhWXouW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corporal Punishment (@CplPunishment_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CplPunishment_\/status\/1962664402202571100?\">September 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Her hypocrisy aside, the Atlantic article claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/noncitizens-on-voter-rolls-assure-election-will-be-unsafe-unfair\/\" title=\"Noncitizens On Voter Rolls Assure Election Will Be Unsafe, Unfair\">citizens don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t think the troops are &ldquo;actually making much of a difference&rdquo; and compared them to Boy Scouts who were eager to please.<\/p>\n<p>Parker did, however, acknowledge some positive points. Like Mayor Muriel Bowser having to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-livid-mayor-bowser-slip-admits-trumps-policies-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admit<\/a>&nbsp;there&rsquo;s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/numbers-bottom-falls-crime-dc-trumps-takeover-restores-safety-robbery-carjacking-etc-plummet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drop<\/a> in crime.<\/p>\n<p>She also included testimonials from citizens who were happy that the stench of marijuana was gone from Union Station and &ldquo;fare-jumpers&rdquo; were being dealt with.<\/p>\n<p>It was short-lived though, as she couldn&rsquo;t resist ending on a snide and contemptuous note.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By the time we headed home, after several hours spent wandering the city&rsquo;s various quadrants, it was clear that almost no one felt particularly good about the arrangement,&rdquo; the article read. &ldquo;Not the National Guardsmen, many of whom clearly didn&rsquo;t want to be there, leaving their families and jobs in order to spread mulch and pick up trash; and not the residents, many of whom were furious with the occupation of their city or, worse, terrified of what the military&rsquo;s presence portended for them and their loved ones.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even those residents who welcomed the troops did so from a place of discontent,&rdquo; Parker concluded. &ldquo;So fed up with crime and quality-of-life issues that they felt relieved that someone was finally doing something, anything to help.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The spin of this article is almost sickening.<\/p>\n<p>She mocked the troops who were deployed to protect us, showed more concern for illegal aliens than American citizens, and got caught complaining about the crime rate when it interfered with he personal life.<\/p>\n<p>And just when you thought she&rsquo;s going to show the other side by admitting that the city needed reinforcements, she tries to paint the entire operation as pointless &mdash; and those who support it as desperate.<\/p>\n<p>Yet what else would you expect from a member of the mainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-analyst-trump-right-point-2020-census-errors-disproportionately-favored-blue-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> who refuses to identify their obvious hypocrisy and believes that opinion amounts to the truth.<\/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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