MSNBC host AGREES with Trump that crime is appalling in DC after president enacted federal crackdown
Speaking on Wednesday's edition of 'Morning Joe', justice and legal affairs analyst Anthony Coley admitted that the matter was 'personal' as he lives in the city.
'Many people are frustrated with crime that we see, particularly committed by juveniles in the city of Washington,' Coley said.
'People are frustrated that when they got to CVS to buy deodorant, that they have to get it from behind locked plexiglass, right?
'These are not just random anecdotes. What we see in Washington Post polling is that roughly half of residents view this as a serious problem or an extremely serious problem.'
The admission from Coley came after the former Justice Department official penned an opinion piece that called the move 'unnecessary'.
He said: 'Even as crime rates fall, many Washingtonians do not feel safe walking through Union Station, shopping on U Street or living in Navy Yard.
'To be clear: Trump's moves to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and activate the D.C. National Guard are unnecessary, wrong and unwarranted.
'But if officials in the district don't do something fast, they may give the president and Congress more reason to try to take over even more than they already have.'
He expressed a similar stance on air, adding: 'want to be clear that this does not justify the disproportionate response that we are seeing from Donald Trump.
'It is a political stunt. He is exploiting people's fears. But to be frank, Democrats on the D.C. Council have created this political opening that allows him to do that.'
Camo-clad troops with the National Guard started arrived into the capital at around 8 pm on Tuesday in a bid by the White House to curb violent crime.
Military Humvees parked on the National Mall on Tuesday evening with officers standing close by.
Other officers, who look to be from another agency, could be seen stopping and searching vehicles, as well as speaking with residents.
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Tuesday that 23 people were arrested in the city with help from partners in a post to his X.
An update by the bureau on Wednesday said a further 43 people were taken in by agencies on the ground in the city.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that around 850 officers and agents had fanned out across the city on Monday and made the arrests.
The move by Trump was announced on Monday, the president it was to 'rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor'.
The president also vowed to clear out camps of homeless people from Washington, DC parks and public lands
Violent crime in DC is down 26 percent this year and in 2024 reached a 30-year low, with 190 homicides in 2024 compared to 274 in 2023, according to police statistics.
'The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive,' Trump said in a Sunday night Truth Social post.
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