<p>&#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; host Mika Brzezinski appeared to realize too late that in their zeal to oppose President Donald Trump at any cost, Democrats were charging headlong into the &#8220;trap&#8221; of defending the violent crime that Trump had promised to stop in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>Brzezinski and former &#8220;Hardball&#8221; host Chris Matthews were discussing President Trump&#8217;s takeover of law enforcement in the capital city, and the oppositional stance taken by many prominent Democrats and media talking heads — and they came to the conclusion that what the American people would see was Democrats siding with criminals in their efforts to get Trump.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">💡The moment when MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Mika Brzezinski finally realize Democrats have been duped by Trump into defending violent crime in DC:</p>
<p>“It’s a trap!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/J3AlvIKGHA">pic.twitter.com/J3AlvIKGHA</a></p>
<p>— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1955641913815810167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>For Matthews, the sticking point was the murder rate. &#8220;The murder rate — you can&#8217;t keep saying violent crime is down, but the murder rate&#8217;s up,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To the average person, the murder [rate] is about life and death. You don&#8217;t brag about a rising murder rate.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And the Democrats — I agree with you, Mika — have fallen into the trap of defending what&#8217;s indefensible,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a trap! Yes, it&#8217;s a trap,&#8221; Brzezinski replied. &#8220;I mean, it — it&#8217;s not a winner politically to say, &#8216;You&#8217;re wrong, look at the data.&#8217; Because if one violent crime happens in a very heavy populated part of the city, people hear about it and it&#8217;s visceral.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t want it, and they want to — they&#8217;ll gravitate to the person who appears to be doing something about it,&#8221; she concluded.</p>
<p>Meghan McCain was among those who had already noticed a number of Democrats going in that direction, and she commented on the trend: &#8220;Since 2020 — I will NEVER understand democrats messaging of &#8216;murder and crime is actually not a big deal.&#8217; And why they continue to double, triple, quadruple down on it.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Since 2020 &#8211; I will NEVER understand democrats messaging of &#8220;murder and crime is actually not a big deal&#8221;.</p>
<p>And why they continue to double, triple, quadruple down on it.</p>
<p>— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1955267299184677034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>A number, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-to-clean-up-d-c-and-democrats-are-mad">insisted</a> that the crime rate in the nation&#8217;s capital is at a 30-year low — but reports have also circulated suggesting that those numbers come from a D.C. Metro Police report that may have downplayed violent crimes in order to make the city appear safer on paper.</p>

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