Sunday, August 31, 2025

White House Touts DC Crime Numbers It Said Were Fake

President Donald Trump, when confronted with data showing crime here already declining before he took over the city's police force, has repeatedly dismissed the data as fake and manipulated. But with the same agency now reporting continued drops in crime, his White House is eager to tout data it once derided as untrustworthy.

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In defense of President Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops in the nation's capital, the White House has put out a "fact sheet" of scary statistics on crime in Washington, DC. It's about what you'd expect: a bunch of brazen, lazy, easily disproven garbage.

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-- Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) Aug 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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MAGA need to wake up.

This corrupt president is re-writing history right in front of everyone.

"The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware, and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their Star Spangled Banner waved defiant."

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-08-29 05:31 PM

"MAGA need to wake up"

Nah.

If we've learned anything interacting with these people it's that they are committed to the nightmare.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-30 07:22 AM

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