DC Mayor Gushes Over Trump Crackdown — Touts 87% Decrease in Crucial Crime Stat

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) gushed over President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in the capital on Wednesday, touting an 87% decrease in a crucial crime stat.

Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard and take over the Metropolitan Police Department, among other measures, has been the subject of much debate. But at a press conference on Wednesday, Bowser expressed her confidence in the effectuality of Trump’s surge of resources to fighting crime in the district.

“I want to move on to share with you — and I know that there have been data shared throughout this period — and this is a chart, it’s been, it shows, and this is the type of categories that the chief reports to me on a weekly basis about what’s happening in crime in the district. We’ve highlighted the area in yellow that shows the impact of the surge of FBI, DEA, ATF, and Park and Capitol police, and other federal agencies in the district. And the federal crime, the federal surge has had a significant increase [decrease] on crime in Washington, D.C.. And we greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,” began Bowser. “The most significant thing that we are highlighting today is the area of crime that was most troubling for us in 2023. Now we have driven it down over the last years, but — and I’m gonna get my glasses so I can make sure I can see it correctly — but for carjackings, the difference between this period, this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year, represents a 87% reduction in carjackings in Washington, D.C..”

“We know that when carjackings go down, when the use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer. So this surge has been important to us for that reason,” continued Bowser before concluding:

I want to say that I have been personally engaged with Attorney General [Pam] Bondi and the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and I spoke with the president this afternoon. And I was reminded of our first meeting after his re-election, where we discussed shared priorities for the district. There, I was reminded that the president’s interest in cities predates his time in office, and his knowledge of D.C. had significantly increased from the first time he was in the White House.

Watch above via C-SPAN2.