by Adam Pack at Daily Caller News Foundation
Washington, D.C. has not had a murder in twelve days, but some national Democrats are arguing that President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital is a “political liability” for Republicans.
A presentation delivered at the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) summer meeting on Monday urged Democrats to go on offense against the president’s deployment of National Guard units and a wide array of federal agencies to combat crime, arguing those efforts would not make Americans safer and backfire on Republicans politically. The DNC’s advocacy against “tough-on-crime” policies comes as crime has declined markedly in the district with law enforcement conducting more than 1,000 arrests and taking more than 110 guns off the street since Aug. 13. (RELATED: ‘It’s A Good Thing’: DC Resident Praises Trump’s Crime Crackdown)
“It’s about grabbing power however they can,” Insha Rahman, director of Vera Action, told Democrats following remarks by DNC Chair Ken Martin and Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. “And this is a vulnerability — this tough-on-crime rhetoric and actions, which historically, I think Democrats have seen as a win for Republicans. It is actually a liability right now.”
“There’s an opportunity right now with this political liability, this unconstitutional takeover of our cities for Democrats to own safety,” Rahman continued…
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