Homeless DC resident reacts to Trump's crackdown
vows to remove encampments in the city
:: August 11, 2025
:: Flegette Rippy
"Give us a home, how about that? How about just giving people that need a home, inside. And then we'd be inside. You just want to just throw us to the rats."
:: Washington, D.C.
"I don't know this man. I don't want to know him. All I know is he's a rich man pushing people with no money around."
"I don't want to be homeless. I don't want to crowd anyone. I don't want to use anyone. I just want to be in a place to live."
Over the past week, Trump has intensified his messaging, suggesting he might attempt to strip the city of its local autonomy and implement a full federal takeover.
A report issued by Washington's city government in May said a homelessness count in January showed a 9 percent decrease from a year earlier.
Most such individuals are in emergency shelters or transitional housing, rather than on the street, it says.
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