Black DC woman shares why her quality of life has become so much better since Trump's crime crackdown
'Finally able to chill at a red light with my windows down,' the TikTok user @bigdawglexi said as she sat in her car.
'(I'm) not worried about if one of them young n***s is coming… Riding through the city, feeling more safe than I ever felt.'
The clip quickly circulated social media amid debates over whether Trump's hardline approach overstepped and whether his targeting of a city with a large black population is racist.
Police statistics showed crime in DC is down this year - but locals say the city is still plagued by muggings, shootings, stabbings and carjackings that heavily-impact their quality of life.
The TikTok user's video was flooded with comments, as one questioned her: 'You couldn't ride with your window down before? I've never been to DC, was it really that bad?'
'Yeah they grab you right at the light,' she responded, in an apparent reference to carjackings.
The video comes as MSNBC's legal analyst Anthony Coley admitted on the air this week that he was also pleased to see the White House send in the National Guard to the streets of DC.
Speaking on Wednesday's edition of 'Morning Joe', Coley said: 'Many people are frustrated with crime that we see, particularly committed by juveniles in the city of Washington.'
President Trump deployed 1,000 National Guard to DC this week in what he claimed was a push to sort out the city's crime problem. Statistics show crime in DC is falling - but many locals say the city is still an exceptionally scary place to live
The MSNBC analyst said that the 1,000 National Guardsmen deployed to the city was a welcome sight, and said residents have long complained of a declining quality of life.
'People are frustrated that when they got to CVS to buy deodorant, that they have to get it from behind locked plexiglass, right?' he continued.
'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.'
As the White House prepared to launch its crime crackdown earlier in the week, Trump issued an ominous warning to would-be criminals on Truth Social.
'Be prepared! There will be no "MR. NICE GUY." We want our Capital BACK,' he wrote.
Trump branded the deployment the Making DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force, a move that led to the arrests of 103 people since August 7.
Camo-clad troops with the National Guard started arrived into the capital at around 8 pm on Tuesday, sparking outrage from the capital's Democrat mayor Muriel Bowser.
Bowser branded the move an 'authoritarian push' as she fielded questions from citizens during a digital town hall.
Bowser's latest comments were significantly more forceful than her previous cautious approach to Trump's plans. She had described the federal takeover on Monday as 'unprecedented' but also conceded she wasn't 'totally surprised'.
Trump said Monday that he was triggering section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which allows the president to assume emergency control of the capital's police force for 30 days.
Speaking of the more than 100 arrests in DC since the crackdown began, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox Digital that it was evidence that the move is working.
'President Trump's bold leadership is quickly making our nation's capital safer,' he said.
'In less than one week, over 100 violent criminals have already been arrested and taken off of the streets in Washington, D.C. President Trump is delivering on his campaign promise to clean up this city and restore American Greatness to our cherished capital.'
Many liberals are angry at the DC crime crackdown and cite statistics showing crime was down in 2024 compared to 2023 as evidence that Trump has gone too far.
But other Democrats have warned that by mocking Trump's crackdown, they risk isolating many centrist or progressive voters who have themselves fallen victim to crime in the city.
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