White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields in an interview with Newsmax on Friday defended the Trump administration’s takeover of the Washington, D.C. police force and the deployment of the National Guard as needed to address the “devastating reality” of the situation in the nation’s capital.
President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order federalizing the Washington, D.C. police force and deploying the National Guard to crack down on crime. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference that the order was “unsettling” and defended her administration’s work to reduce crime in the city, which she noted has fallen dramatically since it spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fields said on Newsmax’s “National Report” that despite falling crime rates in Washington, D.C. over the last few years, the city still has a higher homicide rate than other major world capitals.
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