Just a few days after BLM and Antifa set fire to a church outside the White House in the summer of 2020, the mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser, issued an emergency order. This wasn&#8217;t an order about restoring law and order to the streets of the nation&#8217;s capital, or punishing the vandals who had just destroyed property and assaulted Secret Service agents, or anything like that. Instead, Bowser made the decision to hire an elite team of eight artists — yes, eight artists — to meet up at around 3:30 a.m. in the morning. These artists&#8217; mission, if they chose to accept it, was to paint the words &#8220;BLACK LIVES MATTER&#8221; on two blocks of road, in giant fifty-foot-tall letters, just a few blocks from the White House. This street painting would be referred to as a &#8220;mural,&#8221; to give it some sense of grandeur, even though it&#8217;s really graffiti. Nobody knows why it required eight artists to paint three words in Times New Roman font. Maybe they needed one to do the painting and the other seven for spell check. It’s not clear.
But it was clearly a very deliberate decision to have this graffiti painted in secrecy, under the cover of darkness, like they were planning the Bin Laden raid. Apparently the reasoning was that white supremacists would be less likely to jump out of the bushes on 16th street and mess up the paint at 3:00 a.m., because as we all know, at that hour the white supremacists are too busy hunting for the cast of &#8220;Empire&#8221; in Chicago. So the BLM graffiti could be painted in peace. And then, by morning, everyone would awaken to see &#8220;BLACK LIVES MATTER&#8221; on the ground, and racism would be defeated. All of the klan members in Washington D.C. would see the words on the street and say to each other, “Geez, you know what, black lives really do matter.” And then they would throw off their pointy hat hats and go get jobs at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Of course, the actual plan was a lot more modest than that. The real goal was simply to annoy Donald Trump and impress &#8220;The Resistance,&#8221; which applauded any effort — no matter how petty — to advance the BLM scam. To that end, Muriel Bowser renamed the area with the alleged &#8220;mural&#8221; as &#8220;Black Lives Matter Plaza.&#8221; And then she <a href="https://x.com/MurielBowser/status/1269090846160412672" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted this message</a> on social media: &#8220;We turned on the night light for him so he dreams about #BlackLivesMatter Plaza.&#8221; Yes, according to Muriel Bowser, the plan was to have Donald Trump &#8220;dream about&#8221; some words they painted on the ground. And people loved it. This is the kind of tweet that, on Old Twitter, got tens of thousands of &#8220;likes&#8221; and non-stop praise in the replies. Anyone who disagreed was banned for hate speech.
Given that recent history, it&#8217;s actually kind of astonishing to see how Muriel Bowser and Democrat activists have reacted to Republicans&#8217; latest effort to get rid of BLM Plaza and the street graffiti. Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia recently introduced legislation that would strip D.C. of most of its federal funding unless they eliminate BLM plaza, rename it &#8220;Liberty Plaza,&#8221; and get rid of the graffiti. And instead of fighting back in any way, Democrats are rolling over. Muriel Bowser has already announced that the BLM writing is going to be removed from the street. Apparently the current plan is to replace it with artwork commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which is coming up next summer. And as various local news outlets are reporting, it&#8217;s not just the mayor who&#8217;s fine with this. One of the artists involved in creating the so-called &#8220;mural&#8221; doesn&#8217;t really seem to care either. Watch:
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At this point, you have to go out of your way to find anyone in D.C. who cares about this graffiti being wiped away. The people who created it are now distancing themselves from the whole idea. So are a lot of local activists. We went from Mitt Romney saying &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; as he marches along with Left-wing activists, to watching Left-wing activists pretty much disavow the whole thing. And it only took a few years.
To be fair, I did find at least one woman who seemed upset that this beautiful mural is being erased. Here&#8217;s what she told a local news station. As you&#8217;ll see, this woman is wearing a shirt about D.C. statehood, and she begins by talking about DEI, so it&#8217;s safe to say that the BLM mural isn&#8217;t exactly her primary focus. But she eventually gets around to implying that erasing the big yellow words on the street is a really bad idea. Watch:
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It&#8217;d be interesting to get this woman&#8217;s take on all the statues that Democrats have torn down over the years. That&#8217;s the kind of history she wants to see &#8220;erased.&#8221; But some words painted on a street five years ago — a monument to the total disaster of the BLM movement — is something that we supposedly need to preserve at all costs.
Of course, most people in the Democrat Party don&#8217;t think that way. They&#8217;re trying to distance themselves from this &#8220;mural&#8221; as quickly as they can. BLM — which was once a core, unifying pillar of the Democrat Party — has suddenly become a major political liability for Democrats. They can&#8217;t run away from it fast enough. This is progress, of course, in one sense. It&#8217;s a sign that Democrats are abandoning a movement that caused more than a billion dollars in property damage, resulted in multiple murders, suspended the right of self-defense in parts of the country, and kickstarted a nationwide de-policing effort that made this country far more dangerous.
At the same time, Democrats are not abandoning BLM because they&#8217;ve adopted a new, coherent ideology to replace it. They&#8217;re not committing themselves to a more responsible platform or anything like that. Instead, they’re flailing around in a state of total disarray, without any guiding principles whatsoever. They have no leadership and no direction of any kind. We are witnessing anarchy in the Democrat Party, after years of lockstep, disciplined messaging. And it&#8217;s not just the downfall of BLM Plaza that illustrates the chaos that&#8217;s unfolding.
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Last night the Left-wing outlet Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/democrats-disrupt-trump-speech-reaction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that, in the wake of Donald Trump&#8217;s address to Congress, Democrats in Washington are now fighting among themselves about how terribly they came across. Apparently Democrats&#8217; leadership in Congress didn&#8217;t want any kind of props to be used, nor did they call for any kind of interruptions or heckling. And of course, all throughout Trump&#8217;s speech, Democrats were waving their little paddles around, making noise, turning their backs to Trump, rushing out of the chamber, and so on. So there was a complete breakdown of leadership, by all accounts. Axios quotes several Democrat congressmen, including Jared Golden and Tom Suozzi, as saying the outbursts were a major mistake. One Democrat put it this way: &#8220;Not standing for Trump would have been a fine strategy, but you need to separate him from the kid with cancer.&#8221;
But that’s the way it played out, because the Democrats are totally beholden to the most radical elements of their party. This is &#8220;ideological capture,&#8221; and the consequences are a lot more far-reaching than Democrats might like to admit. The issue for them is not simply that voters find their party to be completely unappealing, even though that&#8217;s obviously a serious problem. The bigger issue for Democrats is that voters are now going back and re-assessing how Democrats got to this point. Voters are thinking about everything else Democrats have said over the past decade or so. They&#8217;re wondering what other scams the party has been running.
That might explain why, according to a <a href="https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_uHE5Cxl.pdf#page36" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent poll</a> from The Economist and YouGov, only 48% of Americans support the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage. 38% of Americans oppose it, and the rest are unsure. To restate: Less than half of adult Americans want same-sex marriage to be recognized nationwide. Among political &#8220;moderates,&#8221; support for the nationwide legalization of gay marriage sits at just 51%. Among conservatives, it&#8217;s down to 20%. This is from a poll that was conducted just a few days ago, in the first days of March. Even among self-described liberals, support for gay marriage isn&#8217;t unanimous. It sits at around 84% in that demographic.
Just three years ago, YouGov <a href="https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/43775-51-34-americans-would-back-congress-passing-law-le" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measured</a> much stronger support for gay marriage, when people were asked the same question. A majority of Americans backed it. In other words, things are now so bad that Democrats are even losing ground on an issue that they thought was settled. They viewed gay marriage as a stepping stone to gender ideology, without realizing that the insanity of gender ideology would eventually make people take a closer look at gay marriage. And that was a major tactical error, because when it comes to the culture war, no argument is ever really settled. People on our side have said for years that the marriage debate is over. We lost. There’s nothing we can do. But that’s not true. It’s never over. After all, the “traditional” definition of marriage — which is to say the actual definition — was settled for thousands of years. Until it wasn’t.
The reality is that, just as quickly as America was overtaken by the moral panic of BLM and the emotional blackmail of trans activists, we can return to some semblance of sanity. It doesn&#8217;t take much. What conservatives need to do, as quickly as possible, is to capitalize on Democrats&#8217; weakness and start passing laws that reverse the derangement that&#8217;s been so dominant for so long. If conservatives do that, they might be able to drag more concessions out of Democrats than we ever thought possible. After all, no one thought they&#8217;d cave on the BLM movement as quickly as they have. But they did. And it stands to reason that they can be beaten on gender insanity and voter ID and open borders and all of their other &#8220;must-have agenda items&#8221; just as thoroughly. All Republicans have to do now is take advantage of their position of power and apply pressure, just like the congressman from Georgia did. In response, Democrats might howl and stomp their feet and wave paddles around. But in the end, they will lose.

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President Donald Trump gave an ultimatum to Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday to clean up the rampant homeless encampments around Washington, D.C., or face intervention from federal authorities. 
Trump posted on Truth Social that Bowser should take action to clean up camps around the State Department and the White House. If she doesn’t take action, Trump said that he would step in and do it. 
“We have notified the Mayor of Washington, D.C., that she must clean up all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City, specifically including the ones outside of the State Department, and near the White House,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114112430549537723" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>. “If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her! Washington, D.C. must become CLEAN and SAFE!” 
“We want to be proud of our Great Capital again,” he added. “Thank you Mayor Bowser for your efforts on behalf of the Citizens of our Country. Hopefully you will be successful!”
The demand comes as the Trump administration has floated taking more aggressive action to cut down on homelessness and crime in the nation’s capital, including taking over governance of the district.  
“I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/law-and-order-trump-says-feds-should-take-over-washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters last month. “I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless.” 
“And I think we should take over Washington, D.C. We could save people from getting killed,” Trump added. “The federal government should take over the governance of D.C. and run it really, really properly.”
Bowser previously <a href="https://wtop.com/dc/2025/02/mayor-bowser-responds-to-report-of-trump-executive-order-targeting-dc-homeless-encampments-local-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that homeless encampments are “not technically permitted in the District” and seemed open to working with the White House to be tougher on crime.
The D.C. Democrat has also been facing pressure in recent weeks from congressional Republicans, who have introduced bills targeting lawlessness in the city. 
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) <a href="https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill on Monday that would force D.C. to rename its Black Lives Matter Plaza to Liberty Plaza, saying “we are not a defund the police nation.” 
In response, Bowser suggested that the plaza could be renamed and redesigned ahead of America&#8217;s 250th birthday, but offered few specifics, <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dcs-mayor-defends-her-decision-to-have-black-lives-matter-plaza-painted-over/3859704/">according</a> to local media.
&#8220;The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a painful period, but now we can&#8217;t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference,&#8221; Bowser <a href="https://x.com/MayorBowser/status/1897039109434364388" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our number one concern.&#8221;
Last month, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill that would end “home rule” established decades ago for District residents to control their own local affairs, and bring the district under the management of Congress. The lawmakers cited violent crime and the city council’s push to allow non-citizen voting as reasons for the legislation.

Trump calls for federal control over Washington DC as homelessness and crime rise

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the federal government should “take over” Washington, D.C., to crack down on crime and address widespread homelessness.
Trump told reporters on board Air Force One that federal authorities should bring law and order to the nation&#8217;s capital and wrest control away from local Democrat leaders who he said aren’t doing their jobs. He is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-set-to-sign-executive-order-targeting-homelessness-and-crime-in-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> set to sign an executive order in the coming days to demand D.C. authorities take steps to clean up homeless encampments and address crime. 
“I think that we should govern the District of Columbia,” Trump said, per the White House pool. “I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless.” 
“And I think we should take over Washington, D.C. We could save people from getting killed,” Trump added. “They have a great police department there. Somehow they’re not utilized properly. We should govern D.C. The federal government should take over the governance of D.C. and run it really, really properly.”
Trump said that he liked Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser but that local authorities are “not doing the job.” 
“Too much crime, too much graffiti, too many tents on the lawns, there’s magnificent lawns and there’s tents,” he said. “It’s a sad thing, homeless people all over the place, we’ve got to take care of the homeless.”
He said that with foreign leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keith Starmer visiting, there shouldn’t be so many homeless camps around the city. 
“You can’t have tents all over your beautiful, your once magnificent houses and lawns, you just can’t do it,” he said. 
The comments echoed his remarks on the campaign trail when he promised to revitalize the city. 
“We will take over the horribly run capital of our nation in Washington, D.C., and clean it up, renovate it and rebuild our capital city so there is no longer a nightmare of murder and crime,” Trump said last year. 
Trump’s pending executive order related to D.C. would reportedly involve pushing for harsher punishments for violent gun crimes and petty crimes like public urination. It would also enhance protections for national monuments and federal parks. 
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill earlier this month that would end “home rule” established decades ago for District residents to control their own local affairs, and bring the district under the management of Congress. The lawmakers cited violent crime and the city council&#8217;s push to allow non-citizen voting as reasons for the legislation.

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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as early as this week that would demand D.C. authorities clean up homeless camps and reduce crime.
Crimes mentioned in the executive order to receive harsher penalties include violent crimes involving guns and petty crimes like public urination, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/10/trump-dc-crime-homeless-camps-graffiti-crackdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported.</a> The White House is in talks with the office of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, regarding what is contained in the order.
The directive would also reinstate an executive order Trump signed in 2020 that protected national monuments in particular, focusing on federal parks run by the National Park Service, the Post reported.
“It’s hard to argue with the Park Service doing more to help the city,” D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, a Democrat, told the Post. “Although the federal government needs to follow that up with resources that the Park Service would need.”
Crime decreased in D.C. in 2024 compared to 2023, a particularly violent year, but there are questions about the District’s crime reporting methods. The Metropolitan Police of Washington, D.C. (MPDC)’s <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported crime data</a> does not include “crime totals as reported to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System&#8221;, which itself has reporting issues.
Still, the MPDC’s website shows that homicides are on the rise in 2025 compared to this point in 2024 – seeing a 57% increase.
Trump has derided D.C. as a crime-ridden city, but on some issues, he and Bowser appear to be aligned, the Post reported, including a more aggressive approach to crime and increased resources for law enforcement.
“We will take over the horribly run capital of our nation in Washington, D.C., and clean it up, renovate it and rebuild our capital city so there is no longer a nightmare of murder and crime,” Trump said on the campaign trail last year.
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/02/11/trump-dc-crime-kennedy-center-home-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the White House has been reaching out to members of the D.C. community to find individuals who have been victims of violent crimes to attend an event on Friday, which could be the signing of the executive order.
The Post, meanwhile, expressed concerns that Trump could take away some of D.C.’s ability to govern itself, with two Republican members of Congress recently <a href="https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-vows-to-defeat-lee-s-latest-attack-on-dc-home-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introducing a bill</a> that would repeal “home rule” – giving the federal government more control over how D.C. operates.

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A House hearing that was set to feature D.C. Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/muriel-bowser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Muriel Bowser</a> testifying about the response to an anti-Israel protest encampment at George Washington University has been canceled after police made dozens of arrests at the site on Wednesday.
&#8220;Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with Mayor Bowser has been canceled,&#8221; House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1788193279416160690" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> just hours before the event had been scheduled to take place on Capitol Hill.
&#8220;I had a good conversation with Mayor Bowser. I thanked her for finally clearing the trespassers off the GW Campus. It was unfortunate the situation at GW forced the Oversight Committee to act; however it was apparent that the DC police force was not going to do their job,&#8221; Comer added.
Comer and other House Republicans visited George Washington University last week and <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-republicans-dc-officials-must-take-action-against-pro-hamas-camp-and-restore-the-rule-of-law%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> on Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to clear out the encampment of protesters after D.C. police <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/26/dc-police-george-washington-university-protests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected a request</a> from university officials to crack down on the demonstration.
The hearing on Wednesday was <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/oversight-of-d-c-s-response-to-unlawful-activity-and-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meant to conduct oversight</a> on the city&#8217;s response to &#8220;unlawful activity and anti-Semitism,&#8221; but plans changed when police<a href="https://twitter.com/Joy7News/status/1788142267615613300" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> moved in</a> on the encampment in the early morning and made at least 33 arrests — with authorities <a href="https://apnews.com/article/campus-protests-george-washington-encampment-eac5c1cc396551bee1b110b48a94aefd">citing</a> a &#8220;gradual escalation in the volatility of the protest&#8221; on campus.
&#8220;After meeting with GW leadership and touring the encampment, we decided to hold a public hearing to get answers as to why the Mayor would not uphold the law,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;I am pleased that the potential Oversight hearing led to swift action by Mayor Bowser and MPD Chief [Pamela] Smith. We will continue to hold D.C. officials accountable to ensure our nation’s capital is safe for all.&#8221;
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The GOP-led House has engaged in a multi-committee effort to combat anti-Semitism on university campuses after protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war sprung up at colleges across the country. Last week, the chamber passed an anti-Semitism definition bill meant to guide enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws for educational programs.
In response to the hearing on the GW protest encampment being cancelled, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1788199257524072933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> on X, &#8220;It shouldn’t have taken the threat of a Congressional hearing for DC Mayor Bowser to finally allow DC Police to respond to George Washington University’s call for them to clear the anti-Semitic and unlawful encampments. It should’ve been done on Day 1.&#8221;

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As businesses flee Washington, D.C., due to rising crime, Democrats have fought back against plans for two of its professional sports teams to leave D.C. for Virginia. 
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-D.C.) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/09/mayor-bowser-washington-sports-teams-arena-ted-leonsis/">has pushed</a> for the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the NHL’s Washington Capitals to stay in the city after Monumental Sports and Entertainment, the organization that owns both teams, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-poised-to-lose-two-professional-sports-teams-to-virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced plans</a> last year to move the franchises to Virginia. The move has been promoted by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) who wants to help finance the move, but some Democrats in the Virginia state Senate are <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/15/caps-wizards-arena-virginia-senate-bill-budget/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempting</a> to kill the measure. 
Both teams play at the Capital One Arena, an area that has not been immune to rising crime in recent years. Ted Leonsis, the CEO of Monumental Sports, has <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/03/23/crime-sports-capital-dc-monumental" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> been concerned about crime in the area for months and <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/i-dont-believe-im-abandoning-dc-caps-wizards-owner-ted-leonsis-talks-to-news4-about-monumental-move/3538152/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> moving to Virginia is a wise business decision. 
According to <a href="https://crimecards.dc.gov/all:crimes/all:weapons/2:years/near:a%20location::601%20F%20Street%20NW:38_89794766412064,-77_02095693644267:1000:feet">police data</a>, there were 168 more incidents of crime in the area within 1,000 feet of the arena in the last two years compared to the two previous years. This included seven sex abuse crimes, 15 assaults with a dangerous weapon, 51 robberies, 136 thefts from cars, 64 stolen cars, and a homicide. The data show that incidents of violent crime have more than doubled comparing the last two years from the previous two. 
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A crime map generated using D.C. police statistics shows a ring of criminal incidents encircling the arena. 
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Bowser has offered Monumental roughly $500 million in incentives to keep it in the area, which she said would <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/09/mayor-bowser-washington-sports-teams-arena-ted-leonsis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">help</a> it “avoid any broken promises, breached leases or potential litigation.”
“We intend to keep our end of the bargain and enforce the leases with Monumental that require the Wizards and Capitals to play at the arena through 2047 and the Mystics to play in Congress Heights through 2037,” Bowser said in an op-ed earlier this week for the Washington Post. “If Monumental goes ahead and breaks its leases, the short-term impact will be tough, not only on the neighborhood, but on our entire city. But let me be clear: The city owns the land under the Capital One Arena and will own the building should Monumental break its lease.”
Bowser&#8217;s pitch, which discounted crime as a reason for the proposed move, got a little tougher on Wednesday after a man was reportedly robbed by two men with a gun and a knife on 6th St and F St NW D.C., just outside of the arena. 
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ARMED STREET ROBBERY&#8212; in the area of Capital One Arena and the firehouse, 6th St and F St NW DC. Man was robbed of his wallet and a large amount of $$ by a man with a gun and another with a knife. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PennQuarterDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PennQuarterDC</a> <a href="https://t.co/wh9odX1D6w">pic.twitter.com/wh9odX1D6w</a>
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When asked by The Daily Wire, D.C. police were unable to confirm a call for service from that address on Wednesday. 
Youngkin has hoped to contribute $2 billion in state bonds to construct an arena in a deal with Monumental Sports, a proposal that has been approved by the state House but is currently facing an uphill battle in the state Senate with Finance and Appropriations Chair L. Louise Lucas opposing the funding. 
Despite rising crime, D.C. councilmembers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-withdraws-overhaul-of-criminal-code-after-biden-rebuke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted</a> to overhaul the city’s criminal code last year to impose lighter punishments on crime, an effort that was eventually shot down by the White House after the Republican majority in the House voted in February to disapprove of the Revised Criminal Code Act with the support of 31 Democrats.
In 2023, the city saw the <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/washington-dc-homicides-2023-crime/65-716f255b-2a4e-4928-a37e-ef4ec8f86fec">highest number</a> of homicides in over 20 years as well as a rash of carjackings. Mike Gill, a former member of the Trump administration, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-trump-official-mike-gill-shot-during-d-c-carjacking-dies-from-injuries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died earlier</a> this month after being gunned down on K Street while picking up his wife. 
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In response, many businesses have moved to nearby Northern Virginia or closed their doors altogether. The CoStar Group, an analytics and marketing group, <a href="https://www.arlnow.com/2024/02/13/breaking-arlington-lands-hq-of-another-publicly-traded-company/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced this week</a> it would be moving its headquarters from D.C. to Arlington. 
On Thursday, the Stadium Sports Bar and Smokehouse in Navy Yard near the Washington Nationals baseball stadium, another area that has been plagued with crime, <a href="https://twitter.com/AllisonPapson/status/1758344293662556188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it was closing down in part because of an “uptick in crime.” 
Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/violent-crime-soars-washington-dc-trump-vows-federal-takeover-rcna136936" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has decried</a> the lawlessness of D.C. and has proposed a“federal takeover of this filthy and crime-ridden embarrassment to our nation.”
“We’re going to federalize it. We’re gonna have the toughest law enforcement in the country. We’re not going to have any more crime and it’s going to look beautiful,” Trump said.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser And Law Enforcement Officials Brief Media On Security Plan For State Of The Union

Democrats Try To Force Professional Sports Teams To Stay In D.C. As Crime Skyrockets

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Will America see <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professional football</a> actually played in the nation&#8217;s capital again anytime soon? A bipartisan Congressional bill might make that happen and bring Washington&#8217;s team back to the District.
On Wednesday, Congressman James Comer (R-KY) introduced a co-sponsored bill titled, &#8220;The D.C. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act.&#8221;
&#8220;This legislation is set to pave the way for local officials to create meaningful new jobs, add millions in city revenue, and transform the Anacostia River waterfront into a lively destination for all,” Comer said in a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/27/comer-republican-dc-bill-rfk-stadium-commanders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> given to The Washington Post.
Comer, who is chairman of House Oversight, also emphasized that the &#8220;committee remains committed to working with Washington, D.C. officials to ensure a capital that is prosperous for residents and visitors for generations to come.&#8221;
The bill would transfer the existing RFK property from the Secretary of Interior to the GSA. The GSA would then lease it to the city of D.C. for 99 years with an option review.
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D.C. non-voting delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) also <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-norton-introduce-the-d-c-robert-f-kennedy-memorial-stadium-campus-revitalization-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cosponsored</a> the bill and supported its speedy passage.
“The RFK site sits on underused federal land in D.C. that could be redeveloped, generating tax revenue for D.C.,” Norton said. “Neither the Mayor nor the Council Chair opposes this bill, which would allow D.C. to put the site to productive use — a vast improvement on the current state of affairs. I look forward to working with Chairman Comer to pass this bill as quickly as possible.&#8221;
RFK Stadium was first built in 1961, originally called Washington, D.C., Stadium. It held its last event in 2017, but the Washington Redskins played their last game at RFK in 1996.
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Now, with the Washington Commanders sold to a new ownership group, federal officials hope that the team will come back to the district. While D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser suggested that the existing stadium would be torn down, she remained confident a new one would be built in hopes of attracting D.C.&#8217;s NFL team.
New owner Josh Harris, who grew up in the area, had previously expressed his appreciation for what RFK had to offer.
&#8220;We would love to have a stadium where the opposing players fear to come, and our fans love to come, and our players love to come and feel welcomed,” he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/27/comer-republican-dc-bill-rfk-stadium-commanders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after buying the team. “That’s what I experienced at RFK — and whatever happens with the stadium, that’s the kind of stadium experience I want to create.”
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Democrat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/muriel-bowser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Muriel Bowser</a> has declared the nation’s capital as the “gayest city in the world,” even as critics implored her to focus on the city’s rising crime rates. 
Bowser made the announcement on Thursday, as corporations and government entities begin to focus on gender and sexual identity in recognition of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pride-month" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pride Month</a>. 
“I am proud to be the Mayor of the best city in the world, and the gayest city in the world,” Bowser said in a tweet that was accompanied by a video of her in a crowd waving a rainbow flag. 
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I am proud to be the Mayor of the best city in the world, and the gayest city in the world.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DistrictPride2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DistrictPride2023</a> <a href="https://t.co/mXLPI57UJn">pic.twitter.com/mXLPI57UJn</a>
&mdash; Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1664386344062205959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Some criticized her announcement, asking her to focus on countering rising crime rather than on celebrations of sexual identity. According to <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/05/16/crime-gun-violence-homicide-statistics">recent statistics</a> in the city, violent crime, including robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, homicide, and sex abuse, has increased by 13% and carjackings have increased by 49% so far in 2023. 
“We literally just want you to do something about all the violent crime,” <a href="https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1664396337775800321" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Abigail Marone, communications director for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). 
Bowser has been vocal about LGBTQ issues in the past, <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/11/27/washington-dc-signs-trans-and-abortion-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signing a bill</a> that makes the state a sanctuary for women looking to abort an unborn child or individuals undergoing transgender procedures. 
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Her tweet comes as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-d-c-library-holding-childrens-pride-parade-for-those-0-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">D.C. Public Library system will hold</a> a “Children’s Pride Parade” on Saturday that will be open to ages “0-18,” according to a flier from the event. 
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pride" target="_blank" rel="noopener">parade</a> will be a “celebration of diversity and inclusion, particularly the diversity of gender and sexuality,” according to a flier from the library first obtained <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/01/dc-library-to-host-childrens-pride-parade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by The Daily Signal</a>. The event is being hosted by the Georgetown, Palisades, and Tenley branches of the D.C. Public Library. 
“The parade is for LGBTQ kids and families, signaling that their community supports them,” said media relations manager George Williams. “The event does not require registration, so we do not have an estimate of how many people will attend. The program will not include any speakers.”
According to the flier, many kids are “coming out” at younger ages. “A Pride event especially for kids, many of whom are coming out at younger ages,” a section of the flier under “goals” reads. 
It is also described as “an opportunity for local schools and community groups to show they support LGBTQ youth and families.”

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Way back in 1998, internet media pioneer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-drudge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Drudge</a> told a room full of reporters, &#8220;You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.&#8221;
It was probably the truest statement ever made in U.S. politics. Americans were reminded of its wisdom yet again after clips from the new PBS documentary &#8220;American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci&#8221; showed the face of the pandemic, Fauci, getting blasted by &#8220;ordinary&#8221; citizens in one of the roughest, toughest parts of the nation&#8217;s capital over his claims about the COVID vaccine and the pandemic itself.
In the summer of 2021, Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser and Fauci went door-to-door in Southeast D.C. trying to evangelize the residents into becoming true believers in the COVID vaccine. The evidence indicates that the pair got more than they bargained for.
A man and woman speaking in the documentary clips getting the most attention have been retroactively proven right on just about every point that they raised to the two &#8220;experts.&#8221;
&#8220;People in America are not settled with the information given, so I&#8217;m not going to be lining up taking a shot on a vaccination for something that wasn&#8217;t clear in the first place,&#8221; the unidentified man said.
He even questioned how a vaccine could be trusted when it was created at such blazing speed.
&#8220;And then you all take a shot in miraculous time. It takes years to create a vaccine,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;Nine months is definitely not enough for nobody to be taking no vaccination that you all came up with,&#8221; he argued.
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Bowser meekly defended the vaccination by saying, &#8220;The only reason I&#8217;m talking to you right now, as close as we are, is that I&#8217;ve been vaccinated. But if thousands of people like you don&#8217;t get vaccinated, you&#8217;re going to let this virus continue to percolate in this country and in this world.&#8221;
The man would not budge.
&#8220;Something like the common flu then, right?&#8221; the man interjected.
After some back and forth, with Fauci arguing that COVID is way more dangerous than the flu, Bowser appeared to understand that she had been defeated.
&#8220;You gonna pass?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;When you start talking about paying people to get vaccinated, when you start trying to incentivize people with other things, then something else is going on,&#8221; he added.
As the public health team walked away, he shouted after them that their &#8220;campaign is about fear. It&#8217;s about inciting fear in people. You all attack people with fear.&#8221; That&#8217;s what this pandemic is. It&#8217;s a fear, it&#8217;s fear, this pandemic. That&#8217;s all it is.&#8221;
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That same man disagreed with the official COVID death toll count.
Well, we know the gentleman is correct. Now, folks like Fauci are saying Americans will &#8220;likely&#8221; learn to live with COVID as we do the flu. It&#8217;s seasonal and here to stay. Fauci himself <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-now-says-hospitals-are-overcounting-covid-19-cases-in-children-because-they-automatically-get-tested-sound-familiar?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwbrand&amp;fbclid=IwAR1tALbb_xfpaC9N_-pYA0-GMod7Y3k7Y_NIbr3ykviFGK4e3d25rAOlXg0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted that COVID deaths</a> were being overcounted in some instances in 2021.
Then there was another woman in Anacostia who also wasn&#8217;t picking up what Fauci was putting down.
&#8220;Well, I heard that [the vaccine] doesn&#8217;t cure it and doesn&#8217;t stop you from getting it &#8230; sooo,&#8221; she said, perhaps wondering what the point was.
&#8220;On the very, very, very very rare chance that you do get it even if you&#8217;re vaccinated, you don&#8217;t even feel sick. It&#8217;s like you don&#8217;t even know you got infected. It&#8217;s very, very good at protecting you.&#8221;
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Anacostia resident: &quot;I head the [vaccine] doesn&#39;t cure it and doesn&#39;t stop you from getting it.&quot;
Fauci: &quot;On the rare chance that you do get it even when you&#39;re vaccinated, you don&#39;t even feel sick. It&#39;s like you don&#39;t even know you got infected. It&#39;s very good at protecting you&quot; <a href="https://t.co/QueSljq3kk">pic.twitter.com/QueSljq3kk</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1637859065761079301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Contrary to Fauci&#8217;s insistence that the vaccines work as advertised except in &#8220;very, very, very rare&#8221; occasions, we know that &#8220;breakthrough&#8221; infections occur and that the vax touted by Fauci at that time became less effective over time. Five shots later, and now health officials say Americans should get a yearly shot — again, like the flu. Other data show that natural immunity is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/natural-immunity-protective-covid-vaccine-severe-illness-rcna71027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as protective</a> against severe illness and death from COVID.
In other words, the &#8220;ordinary&#8221; guys appear to be right and the self-proclaimed experts were wrong on COVID. It is nothing new, but it sure is nice seeing it on camera.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 11: Washington DC Mayor Murial Bowser participates in a virtual meeting with Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus on June 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. Fauci spoke on the urgency to get all eligible individuals vaccinated against COVID-19. design – 2023-03-20T155936.486

WATCH: D.C. Residents Shred Fauci, The Door-To-Door COVID Vax Salesman, In 2021

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A top Washington, D.C., official moved to withdraw a controversial overhaul of the capital city&#8217;s crime code after President Joe Biden sided with Republicans in Congress who opposed it.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson <a href="https://twitter.com/MissBeaE/status/1632776992289435650" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> on Monday to Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the president of the Senate, announcing that he was withdrawing the Revised Criminal Code Act from congressional consideration.
&#8220;Withdrawal enables the Council to work on the measure in light of Congressional comments, and to re-transmit it later,&#8221; he wrote.
Despite Mendelson&#8217;s letter, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters the upper chamber still plans to have a vote. &#8220;They have a right to bring it up but there&#8217;ll be a vote on Wednesday,&#8221; he said, <a href="https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1632846615995097088" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC News</a>.
Proponents argued that the overhaul improves an outdated system, while critics warned it would embolden wrongdoers by reducing the penalties for certain crimes.
Members of the D.C. Council voted to overhaul the century-old criminal code last year. D.C. Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the criminal code changes, but councilmembers voted to override the veto.
Still, the issue wasn&#8217;t settled as Congress has the authority to review any legislation passed by the D.C. Council before it becomes law under the Home Rule.
After the Republican majority in the House <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted in February to disapprove</a> of the Revised Criminal Code Act with the support of 31 Democrats, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-will-sign-bills-blocking-d-c-s-radical-overhaul-of-voting-rights-criminal-code" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden announced his opposition</a> to the overhaul last week as the Democrat-led Senate took it under consideration.
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&#8220;I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings,&#8221; Biden tweeted. &#8220;If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.&#8221;
Bowser has <a href="https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-announces-revised-criminal-code-amendment-act-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed targeted alterations</a> to the revised code, including restoring maximum penalties for gun crimes and carjackings, as well as delaying its implementation to 2027.

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D.C. Moves To Withdraw Overhaul Of Criminal Code After Biden Rebuke

Credit where credit is due, President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-will-sign-bills-blocking-d-c-s-radical-overhaul-of-voting-rights-criminal-code" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just handled</a> Washington, D.C.&#8217;s soft-on-crime bill in a politically shrewd manner that both neutralizes the far-left in his party and somewhat blocks future GOP criticism.
On Thursday, Biden tweeted that he would support the U.S. Senate if they voted to overturn the D.C. city council&#8217;s bill to lower punishments for things such as carjackings and other lawlessness in the district. Democratic D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had already vetoed that legislation, but the city council overruled her decision. The House of Representatives, however, voted to strike it down — as is their right under the U.S. Constitution — and now it moves to the Senate.
&#8220;I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.&#8221;
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I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.
If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1631392285182009376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The move outraged the most extreme parts of his party. An anonymous House member <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3881888-house-democrats-blindsided-as-biden-changes-tune-on-dc-crime-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vented to The Hill</a> that Democrats were betrayed by Biden.
“So a lot of us who are allies voted no in order to support what the White House wanted,&#8221; the lawmaker said via text. &#8220;And now we are being hung out to dry &#8230; F****** AMATEUR HOUR. HEADS SHOULD ROLL OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THIS.&#8221;
Indeed, that same person added, &#8220;The White House f***** this up royally.&#8221;
Well, the move might have screwed over the anti-police members of his party, but it bolsters Biden&#8217;s resume and talking points heading into the 2024 campaign,
Republicans have long claimed that the Democratic Party — and therefore Biden — is responsible for the crime wave facing America&#8217;s cities. In the wake of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defund-the-police-is-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Floyd riots and BLM movement</a> in 2020, numerous liberal cities moved to effectively defund their police departments. Rogue prosecutors, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogue-progressive-prosecutors-promote-lawlessness-not-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">often backed by George Soros</a>, won elections across the country while ushering in lenient policies that allow repeat offenders to plague the streets.
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Biden, who essentially renounced his tough-on-crime policies of the 90s during his 2020 presidential campaign, has spent the last two years trying to separate himself from those who want to continue defunding police and instituting weak punishments in the name of social justice.
In turn, the GOP has been eager to label the chaos as the &#8220;Biden crime wave.&#8221;
Now, Biden has a tangible example he can point to as evidence that he supports the police, wants to crack down on thugs, and isn&#8217;t afraid to buck his political party in the name of public safety.
His team is already running with that message.
&#8220;One thing that the president believes in is making sure that the streets in America and communities across the country are safe, that includes in D.C. That does not change,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday.
&#8220;When it comes to what this proposal brings forth, which is really lowering penalties for car-jacking, he doesn’t believe that’s going to keep our communities safe,&#8221; she added.
Whether or not you actually buy KJP&#8217;s claims and the president&#8217;s sincerity on the issue is a different story. There are plenty of other examples the GOP can point to as evidence that Biden is making our nation more dangerous — his porous open border allowing fentanyl and potential criminals in, for example — but, assuming he actually does sign the override if it is passed, he can negate the rhetoric with evidence.
As Biden&#8217;s good friend Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/03/03/biden-sides-with-republicans-on-a-bill-to-reverse-dc-criminal-justice-reforms-heres-why/?utm_campaign=forbes&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=Gordie&amp;sh=7d0acb08654d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Forbes, &#8220;It’s smart politics. He was running into a buzzsaw. You don’t want to get left of the D.C. mayor.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

US President Joe Biden speaks during the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 1, 2023.

Biden’s Politically Shrewd Handling Of D.C. Soft-On-Crime Bill

Biden's Politically Shrewd Handling Of D.C. Soft-On-Crime Bill

Non-citizens who have resided in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, for at least 30 days can now vote in local city elections after the review period for a newly passed bill allowing such votes to occur ended last week, according to local media.
D.C. city officials passed the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act on its first reading last year, which Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed to pass without her signature, as she refused to veto the legislation. However, acts of the city council are subject to congressional review due to the district residing in the federal territory.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill had 30 session days to object to the legislation, with the House voting to stop the bill from taking effect, WAMU reported. However, the Senate ran out of time before the review period ended.
The new law still has to secure approximately $1.6 million in funding to create the new voter registry for non-citizens, WAMU reported, adding that Congress still has options to block the measure, specifically by prohibiting D.C. officials from spending money on it taking effect.
Washington, D.C., city council member Charles Allen introduced the bill in October 2020, arguing that it aligns with the chamber&#8217;s values and history of expanding voting rights.
&#8220;Our immigrant neighbors of all statuses participate, contribute, and care about our community in our city,&#8221; Allen said at the time of the vote.
During the passing last year, the bill&#8217;s lead sponsor, Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, bragged how she &#8220;championed expanding voting rights so that those who have made the District their home have the right for their voices to be heard in our local issues, no matter their immigration status.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/d-c-s-new-voters-aliens-and-diplomats-muriel-bowser-mayoral-elections-11669237497" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a> editorial board argued in a November 23 piece that the bill extends local voting rights to illegal immigrants and foreign diplomats:
<blockquote>It reads like a bad parody of progressive decadence. Try to imagine American diplomatic personnel showing up to cast ballots for the mayor of Beijing or Moscow. Beyond that, the standard objections to noncitizen voting apply. It weakens the incentive to naturalize. Only U.S. citizens can vote in federal races, so including noncitizens in local races would force election officials to manage two voter lists and two sets of ballots. It’s begging for a fiasco.</blockquote>
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The move comes after Biden administration officials have claimed they are working to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state of the Union and give the city autonomy to govern its local affairs.
House Republicans passed a resolution to block the law from taking effect with the support of 42 Democrats.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-led-house-moves-to-stop-d-c-s-illegal-immigrant-voting-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the D.C. voting resolution and previously warned that such &#8220;misguided efforts would allow crime to run rampant and disenfranchise American citizens in our nation&#8217;s capital.&#8221;
&#8220;Voting is a pillar of American democracy and a constitutional right that undeniably needs to be protected and preserved for citizens of this country,&#8221; Comer said in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-dc-city-council-bill-allowing-noncitizens-vote-law?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. &#8220;The D.C. Council&#8217;s reckless decision to allow non-U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants the right to vote in local elections is an attack on the foundation of this republic.&#8221;
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) assailed Republicans in Congress for introducing &#8220;undemocratic&#8221; and &#8220;paternalistic&#8221; resolutions to overrule the D.C. Council.
&#8220;Instead of abusing its power over D.C. by nullifying legislation enacted by the D.C. Council, the House should adhere to democratic principles and pass my D.C. statehood bill, which would give D.C. residents voting representation in Congress and full control over their local affairs,&#8221; Norton said in prepared remarks.
During a speech, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) accused her GOP colleagues of &#8220;expanding&#8221; their support of disenfranchisement in the &#8220;overwhelmingly black city,&#8221; pointing out how Republicans already oppose D.C. statehood.
&#8220;The D.C. City Council has the right to determine its policies for D.C. residents,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And if any member of this body does not like that, they can feel free to change their registration, resign their post and run for D.C. City Council.&#8221;
In January, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill to stop non-citizens from voting in local elections in Washington, D.C., saying that allowing non-citizens and illegal immigrants to exercise voting rights reserved for American citizens violates the nation&#8217;s constitutional principles, &#8220;but also naively invites foreign meddling in our elections.&#8221;
&#8220;Voting is a privilege and the tool by which American citizens exercise their say in who leads our country, how we spend our tax dollars, and what policies should be instituted,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-introduces-bill-to-block-non-citizens-from-voting-in-washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;I am vehemently against unconstitutionally cheapening the votes of American citizens and ignoring the rule of law in this nation.&#8221;
Fellow GOP Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) also introduced a resolution in Congress in December to block the non-citizen voting law from taking effect, calling it an &#8220;insane policy.&#8221;

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