After New York Times chief White House correspondent and MSNBC political analyst Peter Baker ripped President Trump for his efforts to clean up crime in Washington, D.C., Grabien founder Tom Elliott spearheaded an effort to raise funds challenging Baker to walk the streets of D.C. at night — unarmed.
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On Monday, Baker posted the following statements on X: “Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation’s capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene &#8212; Mike Pence did &#8212; and later pardoned the perpetrators. Trump himself has been convicted of 34 felonies and is the first criminal elected president.”
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Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation&#8217;s capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. <a href="https://twitter.com/katierogers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@katierogers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/campbellnyt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@campbellnyt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCameronNYT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisCameronNYT</a> <a href="https://t.co/w101allO91">https://t.co/w101allO91</a>
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1954996356357165396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene &#8212; Mike Pence did &#8212; and later pardoned the perpetrators.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1954999790317490454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump himself has been convicted of 34 felonies and is the first criminal elected president.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1955001788035191019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Elliott fired back on X, “I’ll personally pledge $300 for Peter to livestream himself walking the following route, unarmed, after 9 PM on any weekend night.”
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I&#8217;ll personally pledge $300 for Peter to livestream himself walking the following route, unarmed, after 9 PM on any weekend night <a href="https://t.co/vVNA9vK9MA">https://t.co/vVNA9vK9MA</a> <a href="https://t.co/Cdy8q3bgGk">pic.twitter.com/Cdy8q3bgGk</a>
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1955360724194300061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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An hour later, he updated the challenge, noting, “Hi @peterbakernyt , we’re already up to more than a thousand dollars to a charity of your choice!”
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Hi <a href="https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peterbakernyt</a>, we’re already up to more than a thousand dollars to a charity of your choice! <a href="https://t.co/lzx8wzo7rW">https://t.co/lzx8wzo7rW</a>
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1955364594706169989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Elliott created a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-dc-challenge-walking-america-safest-city-at-night">GoFundMe</a> page for the effort, writing:
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We’re inviting New York Times reporter Peter Baker — who assures us the streets are safer than Disneyland — to take a scenic, unarmed stroll through the nation’s capital after 9 PM on a weekend night. The route? A lovingly curated “Trail of Fun” (see map) weaving through some of DC’s most “charming” neighborhoods. No security detail. No pepper spray. Just pure, unfiltered utopia.
But wait, there&#8217;s more! I’ll double my pledge if Peter sends his wife in his place. Because what better way to showcase safety than letting your loved ones experience it first-hand?
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Elliott added more incentives:
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I’ve personally pledged $300 to kick things off, and many others have already offered to join in. The more we raise, the more irresistible this opportunity becomes:
$500 — Peter gets a GoPro for crystal-clear night footage.
$1,000 — Matching “D.C.: Safest Streets in America” T-shirts for him and his cameraman.
$2,500 — We’ll buy him some gold chains so he walks in style
$5,000+ — The walk expands to two nights: one weekend night and one weeknight (for “scientific comparison”).
Every single dollar will be donated to the charity of Peter’s choice — so not only will this prove the streets are perfectly safe, it will also support a good cause. If Peter declines, we’ll select another high-profile believer in the “no crime crisis” narrative to take his place.
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Utah GOP senator Mike Lee chimed in:
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I triple-dog dare you to take on this challenge <a href="https://t.co/BEcdbibrkf">https://t.co/BEcdbibrkf</a>
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1955391514185699691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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NYT Chief White House Reporter Challenged To Walk D.C. At Night After Mocking Trump

NYT Chief White House Reporter Mocks D.C. Crime Claims. GoFundMe: Go Walk Streets Unarmed At Night.

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In the grand tradition of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-debuts-new-trump-nickname-proves-he-learned-nothing-from-cocaine-mitch">Cocaine Mitch</a>&#8221; McConnell (R-KY), &#8220;CNN NewsNight&#8221; host Abby Phillip accidentally gave President Donald Trump a new nickname that, if anything, will only make him sound cooler.
Phillip began a roundtable discussion with a reference to Trump&#8217;s decision to invoke Section 740 of the Home Rule Act and deploy federal resources in Washington, D.C., in an effort to tackle the rampant violent crime that has been plaguing the city and putting residents and visitors at risk.
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CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip:
&#8220;Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City.&#8221;
That makes President Trump sound SUPER COOL!
Don&#8217;t think that was Abby&#8217;s intention at all. <a href="https://t.co/DeNP1nUVwh">pic.twitter.com/DeNP1nUVwh</a>
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&#8220;Let&#8217;s get right to what America is talking about,&#8221; she began. &#8220;Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City. The President of the United States has declared himself Crime Fighter in Chief, and he&#8217;s taking over Washington&#8217;s police force. It is a move that the D.C. Mayor is calling &#8216;unsettling and unprecedented.'&#8221;
The immediate response from Trump voters was to embrace the nickname, flooding X with memes and comments referring to Trump as Batman.
&#8220;I voted for this,&#8221; one posted with an AI-generated image of Trump as Batman with Vice President JD Vance as Robin.
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I voted for this. <a href="https://t.co/WRMux4ElcV">https://t.co/WRMux4ElcV</a> <a href="https://t.co/nkA1jUNTE1">pic.twitter.com/nkA1jUNTE1</a>
— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) <a href="https://twitter.com/BurtMaclin_FBI/status/1955263215044067791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m whatever Gotham needs me to be,&#8221; another added, including an image of Trump in the iconic cape and cowl.
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I&#8217;m whatever Gotham needs me to be. <a href="https://t.co/dLq87STYp8">https://t.co/dLq87STYp8</a> <a href="https://t.co/PyWsExDKhC">pic.twitter.com/PyWsExDKhC</a>
— Christian Martinez (@C_RMartinez) <a href="https://twitter.com/C_RMartinez/status/1955091308575355337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We call this stumbling upon truth,&#8221; one quipped in response to Phillip&#8217;s comment.
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We call this stumbling upon truth <a href="https://t.co/DVDeXONGdD">https://t.co/DVDeXONGdD</a>
— Derek. (@SuitablePolitic) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuitablePolitic/status/1955250668693815454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Ya&#8217;ll really trying to make @realDonaldTrump look even more badass aren&#8217;t you?&#8221; another asked.
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Yall really trying to make <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> look even more badass aren&#8217;t you <a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abbydphillip</a> ? <a href="https://t.co/zUFO9jYZaA">https://t.co/zUFO9jYZaA</a> <a href="https://t.co/0vHPK70QZo">pic.twitter.com/0vHPK70QZo</a>
— Rollo (@SportsRollo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsRollo/status/1955251801424335072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And of course, a number pointed out the fact that years ago — when asked by a young boy if he was Batman — Trump said that he was: &#8220;I am Batman!&#8221;
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CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip: &#8220;Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City.&#8221;
President Trump: &#8220;I am Batman&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/GiwUHsSO8X">https://t.co/GiwUHsSO8X</a> <a href="https://t.co/HfTcPkfGHp">pic.twitter.com/HfTcPkfGHp</a>
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1955222840690569497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNN Slaps Trump With New Nickname, Accidentally Makes Him Sound Cooler

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Trump Announces Deployment Of National Guard In Washington D.C.

Trump Moves To End D.C.’s Third-World Lawlessness. Democrats Lose It.

Federal Government

Matt Walsh

National Guard

Opinion

Violent Crime

President Donald Trump is coming to the rescue yet again and cleaning up the streets of one of the most <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/fact-yes-d-c-crime-is-out-of-control/#:~:text=That%20was%20the%20fourth%2Dhighest,any%20state%20in%20the%20nation.">crime–ridden</a> cities in America: Washington, D.C.
Yes, our nation’s capital — a place that should welcome patriotic Americans and showcase our nation’s beautiful heritage — has been taken over by violent criminals. Delinquent teenagers and street gangs now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-took-big-balls-to-put-masculinity-on-full-display">terrorize</a> the streets where our nation’s forefathers once trod, and the city’s Democratic leaders have <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-calls-legislation-end-no-cash-bail-us-cities-part-crime-crackdown-2025-08-11/#:~:text=Trump%20urges%20Congress%20to%20end,Senate%20and%20House%20of%20Representatives.">done little</a> to put the bad guys behind bars and protect the innocent.
Washington, D.C., needs a hero to punish criminals and make our nation’s capital safe again for the Americans who cherish it. Thankfully, a hero has stepped into the fight, and “Liberation Day in D.C.” has commenced. 
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” President Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-gonna-take-our-capital-back-heres-everything-trump-is-going-to-do-to-clean-up-d-c?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98We%E2%80%99re+Gonna+Take+Our+Capital+Back%E2%80%99%3A+Here%E2%80%99s+Everything+Trump+Is+Going+To+Do+To+Clean+Up+D.C.">said</a> at the White House. “This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re gonna take our capital back. We’re taking it back.” 
Democrats are <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-leaders-police-union-react-trumps-federal-takeover-national-guard-deployment">upset</a> that a president is finally taking law and order seriously in the nation’s capital. Crime isn’t really that bad in D.C., they argue. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unsettling-and-unprecedented-d-c-mayor-slams-trumps-takeover-says-crime-is-dropping?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Unsettling+And+Unprecedented%3A+D.C.+Mayor+Slams+Trump%E2%80%99s+Takeover%2C+Says+Crime+Is+Dropping">suggested</a> that Trump is getting his information mixed up since violent crime has decreased from record highs a few years ago. 
Even if that’s true, violent crime remains at levels far too high for an American city — especially the U.S. capital. In 2024, Washington, D.C., <a href="https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/sites/rit.edu.liberalarts/files/docs/CPSI%20Working%20Papers/2025-02_CPSI%20Working%20Paper_US%20City%20Homicide%20Stats.pdf">reported</a> a homicide rate of 27.3 per 100,000 residents, giving it the fourth-highest homicide rate in the country. 
Trump is taking the violent crime issue head-on, which Democrats believe is “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unsettling-and-unprecedented-d-c-mayor-slams-trumps-takeover-says-crime-is-dropping?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Unsettling+And+Unprecedented%3A+D.C.+Mayor+Slams+Trump%E2%80%99s+Takeover%2C+Says+Crime+Is+Dropping">unsettling and unprecedented</a>.” And while our <a href="https://store.dailywire.com/products/leftist-tears-tumbler-1?utm_campaign=dc-liberation&amp;utm_content=20250812&amp;utm_source=editorial">Leftist Tears Tumblers</a> runneth over, we’re here to say, ‘Yeah, it is “unprecedented” for violent criminals to feel unsafe in a Democrat-run city.’ But “unsettling”? Only for the criminals whom President Trump is about to throw behind bars. 
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The Left Cries, But Patriots Rejoice: D.C. Liberation Day Is Here

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Washington, D.C., police recorded the 100th homicide of 2025 in the nation&#8217;s capital Monday evening, just hours after President Donald Trump announced that the federal government would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-gonna-take-our-capital-back-heres-everything-trump-is-going-to-do-to-clean-up-d-c">take control</a> of law enforcement to crack down on violent crime in D.C.
Tymark Wells, 33, was shot multiple times in D.C.&#8217;s Logan Circle neighborhood just before 7:00 p.m., Fox 5 <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/man-shot-killed-dc-just-hours-after-trump-federalizes-metropolitan-police-department">reported</a>. The victim was taken to the hospital after police arrived on the scene and was later pronounced dead. Police are searching for a man wearing a black shirt and carrying a rifle, according to <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-killed-in-shooting-in-northwest-dc/3973874/">NBC 4 Washington</a>.
Logan Circle is just one mile from the White House and is described as one of D.C.&#8217;s more popular neighborhoods, attracting young crowds to its restaurants and bars. After the shooting, the Secret Service closed the Ellipse park near the White House, along with the north and south fence lines around the White House.
The D.C. Police Union, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/immediate-action-is-necessary-d-c-police-union-backs-trumps-capital-takeover">backed</a> Trump&#8217;s decision to federalize the police department, said in a statement, &#8220;Last night, DC suffered the grave milestone of its 100th homicide for 2025. Let’s hope this federal intervention leads to real change to the laws in DC that allow this to happen year after year.&#8221;
The fatal shooting is yet another example of the violent crime plaguing the nation&#8217;s capital that President Trump has vowed to root out. The homicide rate in D.C. in 2024 reached 27.3 per 100,000 residents, giving the U.S. capital the fourth-highest homicide rate of any city in the country. So far in 2025, D.C. authorities have also <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime">reported</a> over 530 assaults with a dangerous weapon, nearly 900 robberies, and nearly 3,000 motor vehicle thefts. While the city has reported lower violent crime levels since record highs from 2020 to 2023, violent crime remains much higher in D.C. than it did 10-15 years ago.
D.C.&#8217;s crime data has also been questioned after a Metropolitan Police Department commander was suspended and placed under investigation for allegedly changing crime statistics. That investigation was announced shortly after the commander filed an equal employment opportunity complaint against an assistant chief, and after the police union accused the Metropolitan Police Department of falsifying crime stats to make it appear as if the city had seen a drop in violent crime, NBC 4 Washington <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-commander-suspended-crime-statistics/3959566/">reported</a>.
Still, Democratic city leaders argue that they are doing their job to address violent crime in D.C. On Monday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unsettling-and-unprecedented-d-c-mayor-slams-trumps-takeover-says-crime-is-dropping?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Unsettling+And+Unprecedented%3A+D.C.+Mayor+Slams+Trump%E2%80%99s+Takeover%2C+Says+Crime+Is+Dropping">said</a> that Trump&#8217;s &#8220;view of D.C. is shaped by his COVID-era experience during his first term,” when the city was experiencing a record-breaking crime wave.
“And it is true that those were challenging times related to some issues. It is also true that we experienced a crime spike post-COVID, but we worked quickly to put laws in place and tactics that got violent offenders off our streets and gave our police officers more tools,&#8221; Bowser said, adding, &#8220;We have been able to reverse that 2023 crime spike.&#8221;
Neither Trump nor the D.C. Police Union, which represents over 3,000 officers with the Metropolitan Police Department, agrees that Democratic leaders are properly enforcing the law and protecting Americans.
The D.C. Police Union <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/immediate-action-is-necessary-d-c-police-union-backs-trumps-capital-takeover?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98Immediate+Action+Is+Necessary%E2%80%99%3A+D.C.+Police+Union+Backs+Trump%E2%80%99s+Capital+Takeover">said</a> in a statement on Monday that it &#8220;acknowledges and supports the President’s announcement this morning to assume temporary control of the MPD in response to the escalating crime crisis in Washington, DC.&#8221;
“The Union agrees that crime is spiraling out of control, and immediate action is necessary to restore public safety,&#8221; the police union added.

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Crime-Ridden D.C. Records 100th Homicide Of The Year Hours After Trump Federalizes Police

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Congress will have a significant role to play if President Donald Trump wants to extend his takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., to crack down on crime for more than a month.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-gonna-take-our-capital-back-heres-everything-trump-is-going-to-do-to-clean-up-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invoked</a> Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and declared a public emergency on Monday. Under the law, Trump is allowed to direct the D.C. mayor to deliver him control of the Metropolitan Police Department.
However, the Home Rule Act says the president is allowed to initially use this power for up to 48 hours. If the president wants to extend that authority for 30 days, relevant committees in Congress must be notified with an explanation of the need and expected time duration.
Indeed, Trump wrote a <a href="https://x.com/GOPoversight/status/1954985007002403074" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> on Monday to the House Oversight Committee saying he needed to address violent crime in D.C. He noted the emergency would continue until he determined it was no longer needed or lasted for the &#8220;maximum period&#8221; allowed under Section 740.
Any period beyond 30 days would require Congress to pass a joint resolution that authorizes the extension. Presently, Republicans control both chambers of Congress. The GOP leaders of the House and Senate have both expressed approval of Trump&#8217;s D.C. police takeover.
&#8220;Every American should be able to visit and enjoy Washington, D.C. without fear. House Republicans support this effort to CLEAN UP Washington, END the crime wave, and RESTORE the beauty of the greatest capital in the world,&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1954951828338102476" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> in a post on X.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) <a href="https://x.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1954989497290285409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;I’m grateful for [Trump&#8217;s] leadership and for this administration’s commitment to protecting communities large and small across America. Washington, D.C., should be a place where people can safely live, visit, work, and raise a family, and today’s announcement is a positive step in that direction.&#8221;
Democrats have been heavily critical of the move and <a href="https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-van-hollen-will-reintroduce-bills-grant-dc-full-control-over-its" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan to push legislation</a> that would give nation&#8217;s capital &#8220;full control&#8221; of its police force as well as the D.C. National Guard, which Trump previously said he was deploying to assist in the crime-fighting effort.
&#8220;Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low. Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost,&#8221; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1954926861882110385" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1954975538348466192" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proclaimed</a>, &#8220;For all the talk Republicans give about giving their localities their rights, where are they now? If this was anything other than a political ploy and attempted distraction from Trump’s other scandals, if he actually cared about the people of DC, he’d demand the House finally release the billion dollars of DC’s funding they’ve been sitting on for months.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump vowed on Monday to clean up the nation&#8217;s capital and crack down on the rampant crime that has made Washington, D.C., unsafe — and Democrats apparently have a problem with that.
As The Daily Wire reported, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/were-gonna-take-our-capital-back-heres-everything-trump-is-going-to-do-to-clean-up-d-c">announced his plan</a> to invoke Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and declare a public emergency — a move that allows him to bring the D.C. Police Department under the control of the Justice Department and DEA Administrator Terry Cole.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claimed that Trump was turning the country into a &#8220;dictatorship&#8221; by mobilizing people who would clean up what the city wouldn&#8217;t.
&#8220;Trump is going to federalize DC. Senate Dems could have stopped this when we had power. In 2021, the House voted to make DC a state, but a few Senate Dems flinched and genuflected to the filibuster. Now, DC will be under an aspiring dictator’s control,&#8221; he complained.
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Trump is going to federalize DC. Senate Dems could have stopped this when we had power. In 2021, the House voted to make DC a state, but a few Senate Dems flinched and genuflected to the filibuster. Now, DC will be under an aspiring dictator’s control. <a href="https://t.co/U83qtlWZxv">pic.twitter.com/U83qtlWZxv</a>
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1954871975802818863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries objected to Trump&#8217;s plan, lashing out at the president and claiming that violent crime was lower than it had been in decades.
&#8220;Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low. Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost,&#8221; Jeffries posted via X.
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Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low.
Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department.
And zero credibility on the issue of law and order.
Get lost.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/1954926861882110385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Jeffries was not alone — in fact, so many Democrats and left-leaning accounts posted the same comments almost verbatim that it led a few to observe, &#8220;The early morning DNC talking points email just dropped.&#8221;
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The early morning DNC talking points email just dropped. 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/tCs2g8U8X9">pic.twitter.com/tCs2g8U8X9</a>
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But as Red State&#8217;s Bonchie and several others pointed out, the source of the data those Democrats were citing was the Washington, D.C., Metro Police Department — where a commander had just been suspended for altering crime statistics in an effort to downplay the city&#8217;s obvious problem.
&#8220;The source of all the claims that crime is down in DC is &#8230; the DC Metro PD, which is led by a far-left DEI advocate who had to suspend a commander for&#8230;altering crime statistics,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;So yeah, you can decide whether to trust those numbers or not.&#8221;
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FYI: The source of all the claims that crime is down in DC is&#8230;the DC Metro PD, which is led by a far-left DEI advocate who had to suspend a commander for&#8230;altering crime statistics.
So yeah, you can decide whether to trust those numbers or not.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1954923736265584828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In July 2025, DC police commander suspended for downgrading shootings, stabbings &amp; carjackings to lesser offenses to make crime stats look better.
They’re not fixing crime, they’re cooking the books. <a href="https://t.co/HRc3OQktnS">pic.twitter.com/HRc3OQktnS</a>
— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) <a href="https://twitter.com/KylieJaneKremer/status/1954937308286943547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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That didn&#8217;t stop media outlets from grabbing a bucket and carrying water for the Democrats, however.
On MSNBC, host Eugene Daniels attempted to bait D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser into making it about race, saying of Trump and Republicans, &#8220;They seem to hold their harshest criticism sometimes for cities that are majority black and brown.&#8221;
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— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1954940289388556665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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CNN anchor Dana Bash took it in a different direction, claiming that the &#8220;most violent moment&#8221; in the capital city&#8217;s recent history was January 6th, 2021.
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CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash talking about President Trump&#8217;s plan to address crime in D.C.: I should note that the most violent moment in recent history in D.C. was January 6th, and it was an attack on the United States Capitol by a lot of people who were doing it in the name of Donald Trump <a href="https://t.co/ncCtrPVRkv">pic.twitter.com/ncCtrPVRkv</a>
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1954941186399142297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum defended Trump — and noted that attempts to put a stop to violent crime should not be an issue divided along political lines. &#8220;This is not a partisan issue &#8230; This is the place where we showcase America — and we can&#8217;t showcase America in a place where the police are not allowed to enforce the law,&#8221; he said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecretaryBurgum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecretaryBurgum</a>: &#8220;This is not a partisan issue&#8230; This is the place where we showcase America — and we can&#8217;t showcase America in a place where the police are not allowed to enforce the law.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/X05RdGDoeq">pic.twitter.com/X05RdGDoeq</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1954956074211274863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump Promises To Clean Up D.C., And Democrats Are … Mad?

Trump Promises To Clean Up D.C., And Democrats Are ... Mad?

President Donald Trump said Monday that the nation’s capital would be liberated from “savagery, filth,” and “scum” as he is reportedly set to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
Trump made the comments in a Truth Social post ahead of a Monday press conference at the White House that is expected to focus on crime and homelessness in D.C. 
“Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115010061198729847">wrote</a>. 
That post followed an earlier one where he wrote, “LIBERATION DAY IN D.C. WE ARE TAKING OUR CAPITAL BACK!!!”
For the past few months, Trump has repeatedly threatened to federalize D.C. over rampant crime and homelessness, and multiple <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-crime-capital-netanyahu-defends-gaza-plan-morning-rundown-rcna224222">reports </a>suggest that he is prepared to deploy up to 1,000 National Guard troops to the city. 
The recent moves to crack down on crime in the nation&#8217;s capital come after 19-year-old Trump administration staffer Ed Coristine was beaten as he defended a woman from a group of teenagers during an attempted carjacking in D.C. Coristine, who once went by the moniker “Big Balls,” was surrounded by the teens while out late at night.
Trump said Sunday that he would be taking actions to get the homeless out of D.C. and make sure that criminals stay behind bars.
“We’re having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House. I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital.”
“The Criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong. It’s all going to happen very fast, just like the Border. We went from millions pouring in, to ZERO in the last few months. This will be easier — Be prepared! There will be no ‘MR. NICE GUY.’ We want our Capital BACK. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he added.

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Just like woke leftism took over our universities and institutions, it also <a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/george-soross-prosecutors-wage-war-law-and-order">spread its tentacles</a> into our criminal justice system, prioritizing leniency and bail reform over law and order. The failure of leftist criminal justice reform has shown us that what’s true of wokeness in the classroom and boardroom is also true of wokeness on the street: the average American suffers so that leftist activists can feel better about themselves. 
Woke city leaders and soft-on-crime district attorneys put Americans in harm&#8217;s way for the sake of their ideology. Criminals who should be behind bars are often set free to again terrorize the streets thanks to lenient sentences or low bail. 
This issue was on full display recently when a young Trump administration staffer was brutally beaten by a group of delinquents while defending his girlfriend from an attempted carjacking in the nation’s capital. The victim of the attack was Ed Coristine, 19, who gained notoriety by going by the social media moniker “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-staffer-big-balls-hailed-as-hero-after-musk-says-he-saved-woman-from-gang-in-d-c?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Staffer+%E2%80%98Big+Balls%E2%80%99+Hailed+As+Hero+After+Musk+Says+He+Saved+Woman+From+%E2%80%98Gang%E2%80%99+In+D.C.">Big Balls</a>” and working on Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency project.
According to a report from CBS News, Coristine and his girlfriend were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-staffer-big-balls-hailed-as-hero-after-musk-says-he-saved-woman-from-gang-in-d-c?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Staffer+%E2%80%98Big+Balls%E2%80%99+Hailed+As+Hero+After+Musk+Says+He+Saved+Woman+From+%E2%80%98Gang%E2%80%99+In+D.C.">threatened</a> in the early morning hours by around 10 teenagers who said they wanted to take his car. Acting quickly, “Big Balls” pushed his girlfriend into the vehicle to protect her from the gang and faced the attackers alone. 
President Donald Trump and former Trump adviser Elon Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1952836498971344926">commented</a> on Coristine’s bravery, with the president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114977985620971126">blasting</a> D.C.’s soft-on-crime policies that lead to teenagers “randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released.” 
As Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/america-needs-big-balls-not-mahmoud-khalil">pointed out</a>, Coristine was ripped apart by the legacy media just weeks ago for working for DOGE and for going by the name “Big Balls” on social media. The legacy media were <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/teen-doge-staffer-big-balls-left-trump-administration-rcna214900">outraged</a> that “Big Balls,” a 19-year-old kid, was looking through government systems and identifying waste and fraud. 
“But it turns out that Edward Coristine isn’t just a young genius who is capable of looking at budgetary numbers and figuring out where the waste, fraud, and abuse are. It turns out he is an amazing dude,” Shapiro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/america-needs-big-balls-not-mahmoud-khalil">said</a>. 
Masculinity should be celebrated because it&#8217;s real men who show up to fight the bad guys and push back against the wokeness that has seeped into our institutions. The world needs more brave men who are willing to stand up against the Left’s craziness and fight for what’s right. 
Real men don&#8217;t back down from a fight — whether they&#8217;re facing down criminals in the streets or exposing government waste in Washington. This is the kind of unyielding masculinity that <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/collections/?utm_campaign=big-balls&amp;utm_content=20250808&amp;utm_source=editorial">Jeremy&#8217;s Razors</a> was built for: men who refuse to cave to the woke mob and stand firm in their convictions.
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BALTIMORE — A man who brutally beat two elderly pro-life advocates escaped jail time on Thursday after a judge sentenced him to just one year of home detention and three years of probation.
The sentence for 28-year-old Patrick Brice was handed down by Baltimore City Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant. Brice was convicted earlier this year after he left 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 84-year-old Richard Schaefer bloodied outside of a Planned Parenthood on May 26, 2023. 
After the trial, Crosby told The Daily Wire that he was not surprised by the outcome. 
“Baltimore City is criminal-friendly. It&#8217;s not victim-friendly at all, especially if you&#8217;re a senior,” he said outside of the Elijah Cummings courthouse. “Judges do not like pro-lifers. They don&#8217;t like us saving babies, I don&#8217;t know why.&#8221; 
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Pro-life advocate Mark Crosby reacts after his attacker gets one year of home detention for kicking him and punching him in the face. Prosecutors wanted 10 years in prison, but a Baltimore judge imposed no prison time. <a href="https://t.co/xBQHIUkh8s">pic.twitter.com/xBQHIUkh8s</a>
— Leif Le Mahieu (@leif_lemahieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/leif_lemahieu/status/1953562675801170304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He said the day he was beaten was “the most glorious” of his life and that he was happy to shed his own blood and suffer for Jesus. 
After the attack, Crosby was treated for a fractured bone in his face, blindness in one eye, head and neck pain, two fractured fingers, and bruising on his arms and legs. Crosby says that the attack left him with photophobia, meaning he has to cover his right eye on sunny days and from very bright lights. 
Crosby, a devout Catholic who was wearing a crucifix during the sentencing, brought photos of his bloodied face and the stained shirt he was wearing the day of the attack. The shirt was ripped from being cut off during shock trauma. 
Brice was convicted in February on two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. He dodged a first-degree assault charge in both a jury trial and a later bench trial in May. 
Bryant sentenced him to one year of home detention, which means he will be allowed to travel for work or medical purposes. He will get three years of probation after that and cannot go near an abortion facility or pro-life clinic as well. 
State prosecutors requested a total of 10 years in prison, asking that the judge send a “strong message of deterrence” against attacking people in broad daylight over their political and religious views.
Schaefer and Crosby both gave victim statements during the sentencing.
Schaefer said that “no matter how this goes,” he would be back at Planned Parenthood. He also flatly denied that he had done anything to provoke Brice, as suggested by his lawyer. 
Terrell Roberts, a lawyer, read Crosby&#8217;s victim impact statement. 
In the statement, Crosby asked for a lengthy prison sentence due to the “brutality of the attack” and that he “kicked me in the face like a football player kicking a field goal.” 
During the trial, Brice said that he was sorry for what he did and said that he “snapped” based on a comment he claimed Schaefer made to him that was racial in nature. He said, “I was having a bad day,” and that he was not an abortion activist. 
“I really am sorry,” he said. 
Brice’s lawyer claimed that the attack was not “politically motivated” and said that his client had lost jobs and a relationship because of the case. 
“Justice was not served in this case,” Roberts told The Daily Wire. “Sentencing, I thought, would end up right where it was because they were going to give them all the slack in the world.” 
Roberts said a failed application of the law by Bryant ended with Brice’s acquittal on first-degree assault.
Brice declined to make an official comment to reporters after the sentencing, but indicated he would be reaching out. 
The attack was captured on surveillance video that shows Schaeffer and Brice engaging in a heated argument outside of the downtown Baltimore Planned Parenthood facility. The video then shows Brice tackling Schaeffer into a potted plant. Crosby, who was standing across the street, then runs over, and Brice pushes him to the ground. Brice then straddles Crosby and punches him in the face before standing up and kicking him in the head. 
Schaefer and Crosby regularly go outside the downtown Baltimore Planned Parenthood facility to urge women not to get abortions. The attack did not deter their efforts, and they have both returned to the same Planned Parenthood in the months following the incident. 
Crosby believes that Brice should have been charged with a hate crime because he says he yanked a crucifix he was wearing off his neck and threw it into the bushes. Brice denied having any animosity toward Christians.

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U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced on Thursday that the government is weighing seeking the death penalty for Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim earlier this year.
“This begins the statutory process of whether to seek the death penalty,” Pirro said. “This is a weighty decision. It takes time.”
Pirro said Attorney General Pam Bondi will decide whether to seek the death penalty after getting advice from a special unit that reviews such cases.
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🚨 U.S. Attorney <a href="https://twitter.com/JudgeJeanine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudgeJeanine</a> Pirro unseals a 9-count indictment against Elias Rodriguez for the heinous murders of two Israeli Embassy staff outside D.C.’s Capital Jewish Museum. <a href="https://t.co/YQSMoVzJdr">pic.twitter.com/YQSMoVzJdr</a>
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Lischinsky, 30, and Milgrim, 28, were allegedly shot and killed by Elias outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in May. Lischinsky was a German-Israeli dual citizen and devout evangelical Christian. He immigrated to Israel at 16, served in the Israel Defense Forces, and began working as a political analyst at the embassy in 2022.
He was planning to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-family-react-to-murder-of-israeli-embassy-staffers-by-keffiyeh-wearing-terrorist">propose</a> to Milgrim, who grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and was a full-time employee at the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy.
Rodriguez, 31, from Chicago, was detained by police and shouted “Free Palestine,” according to law enforcement and a viral video of him in custody. He allegedly told a police officer near the scene that he “did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.” He also pre-scheduled his “explication” to be published on his X account, where he advocated for violence against Israelis.
“This Justice Department will not tolerate violence motivated by hatred of faith or national origin, and we will enforce our federal civil rights laws accordingly,” said Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
According to the DOJ, Rodriguez fired approximately 20 shots at Lischinsky and Milgrim.
Pirro unsealed a nine-count indictment against Rodriguez, including two new counts of committing a hate crime and two counts of assault with intent to kill. Rodriguez was previously charged on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charges-revealed-in-d-c-terror-attack-shooter-did-it-for-palestine-fbi-says">May 22</a> with the murder of a foreign official, firearm offenses, and first-degree murder.
“This office will leave no stone unturned in its effort to bring justice to the innocent victims of Elias Rodriguez,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro for the District of Columbia. “The hate charges shed further light on his evil intent in the killing of innocent victims.”
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A Jewish family in suburban St. Louis whose son has served in the Israel Defense Forces was targeted by a firebombing earlier this week, with three cars burned and a message, “Death to the IDF,” along with the name of the son, spray-painted on the street.
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BREAKING <a href="https://twitter.com/J_Insider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@J_Insider</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/marcrod97?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marcrod97</a>: &quot;Fire-bombing targeting Jewish family, IDF veteran rocks St. Louis Jewish community&quot;
&quot;Missouri state Rep. George Hruza described the incident as ‘Jew-hatred violence’ and an ‘act of pure evil’&quot;<a href="https://t.co/EGNyKHm9Sd">https://t.co/EGNyKHm9Sd</a>
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Clayton, Missouri, where the family lives, has a significant Jewish population. According to Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham and Stacey Newman, director of the Missouri Alliance Network, the IDF veteran spoke publicly earlier this year about what he had witnessed in Israel and was targeted by a protest. That demonstration included a poster that called for “a powerful demonstration to oppose the Zionist military presence in our community and to demand accountability for those who help commit atrocities abroad,” <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/08/st-louis-jewish-community-targeted-attack-idf-veteran-firebombing/">Jewish Insider</a> reported.
“Everybody’s worried about their kids,” Newman stated, adding that a family whose children had served in the IDF had asked police to monitor their area.
A <a href="https://x.com/ADLHeartland/status/1952832326846582934/photo/1">coalition of Jewish organizations</a> issued the following statement: “We condemn in the strongest terms the attack on members of our community last night. This is more than vandalism; it is a hateful act of intimidation and only the latest example of what happens when antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric are normalized,” the organizations said. “We are a resilient community, and we will not be deterred in our quest to uproot antisemitism and hatred, alone and with our partners. Antisemitism is a social ill that must be rejected by all of society.”
“This targeted attack against the Jewish community in St. Louis is horrific and must be met with full condemnation,” Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) wrote on X. “Antisemitism has no place in our society. Everyone involved in this awful attack must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
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This targeted attack against the Jewish community in St. Louis is horrific and must be met with full condemnation.
Antisemitism has no place in our society. Everyone involved in this awful attack must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. <a href="https://t.co/rzQqtNqWPd">https://t.co/rzQqtNqWPd</a>
&mdash; Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/1953165107988504890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Leo Terrell, Chair of the DOJ Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, stated, “I am outraged. Antisemitic violence has no place in America, not in St. Louis and not anywhere. We will pursue every avenue to bring the perpetrators to justice. If you commit antisemitic hate crimes, you will be caught. And you will be held accountable.”
Missouri State Rep. George Hruza, whose father is a Holocaust survivor, declared the firebombing an “act of pure evil,” adding, “Nothing happening in the world at large can justify such a hateful act. This incident is antisemitism, plain and simple. This act did not arise in a vacuum. Since the mass murder, torture, rapes, and hostage-taking by the terrorist group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, antisemitic rhetoric has become commonplace in the United States. Tragically, with echoes of 1930s Germany, this rhetoric has fueled incitement to violence.”
“Clayton has dedicated extensive resources and brought in regional law enforcement partners, as well as the FBI, in order to find the individual responsible for this repulsive act,” Clayton Mayor Bridget McAndrew <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_2de81bc8-5bc7-4159-bd63-b3f23c6e3d1b.html">stated</a>.
Cpl. Jenny Schwartz of Clayton police said no arrests have been made, but they have a suspect.

Aerial view of City of St. Louis skyline with Gateway Arch and Mississippi River, Missouri

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