Kudos to the mayor of DC for admitting the truth
It shouldn’t be unusual for a politician to be able to admit an inconvenient truth, but it is. So praise is due to Muriel Boswer for this:
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser admitted on Wednesday that crime in the district has plummeted since President Donald Trump’s federal takeover.
Bowser, a Democrat, touted the cratering crime rates and said she “greatly appreciates” the resources that have been surged into the city since Trump’s early August emergency declaration. She signaled that she would like to continue to work with the federal government to police the city after Trump’s emergency declaration times out at the end of 30 days. …
“We know that we have had fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides, and we have experienced an Extreme reduction in carjackings,” she continued. …
“The most significant thing that we are highlighting today is the area of crime that was most troubling for us in 2023,” she said. Carjackings during the time that Trump has marshaled federal law enforcement to D.C., carjackings in the district have declined 87% from the same period of time last year, according to the mayor
“We know that when carjackings go down, when the use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer …
They feel safer because they are safer. Obvious, but still it’s good to hear a Democrat say it.
Color me surprised but willing to give credit to the mayor. Actually color me astounded. Is this what the pundits mean when they say the democrat party is falling apart?
Mayor Bowser has probably lost whatever chance she had to run as a Democrat candidate, but good for her. I’m sure Pritzker is watching to see the fallout from this,
Mayor Bowser is rightfully praised for saying what’s true, given the track record of Democrats (see Neo’s prior post on “More Evidence”), but it would have been a real stretch for her to try and convince her citizens that crime was NOT down significantly.
The real courage was in her having admitted (implicitly, perhaps) that there had actually been substantial crime, unlike Mr. Schumer and his guards.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/15/fox-news-blasts-schumer-for-claiming-he-feels-perfectly-safe-in-dc-despite-full-time-security-detail-n2661881
So she Kissed his Ring.