‘Crime Is Definitely Down in the White House Right Now’: House Democrat Fires Back at Republican Railing Against Crime in D.C.

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) had quite the rebuttal to Rep. Nick Langworthy’s (R-NY) floor speech about crime in Washington, D.C.

On Wednesday, the House debated the rules concerning eight bills regarding crime and law enforcement.

“Despite my colleagues’ refusal to wake up to the reality, the fact remains we’re at this point today with crime soaring in many of our major cities, and Americans are feeling less safe because of the disastrous policies the Democratic leaders – at the behest of the radical left – that governs their party have imposed on residents in our communities,” Langworthy said.

McGovern rose and alluded to the four criminal indictments of former President Donald Trump, who is currently on trial in New York for falsifying business records. The former president is once again on a collision course with President Joe Biden in November’s election.

“The Gentleman keeps on talking about crime in D.C., crime in D.C., crime on the rise,” he began. “I can tell you one thing. Crime is definitely down in the White House right now. And I can understand why the Gentleman is confused.”

McGovern entered into the record a Washington Post article titled, “Crime is down, though Fox News viewers might not be aware.”

“The article notes is the reality is crime surged in 2020 when Trump was president,” McGovern continued. “That surge continued into the Biden administration, but has since waned.”

The lawmaker went on to criticize Fox News for having “invested immense resources in promoting stories about surging crime, despite lacking evidence” ahead of the 2022 midterms.

McGovern said Republicans continue to “fear-monger the issue of crime once again because, you know, that’s all they have.”

Watch above via C-SPAN.