Fox News' Bret Baier Stopped In G-Wagon By DC Police
Taking to X, the journalist admitted the whole thing was his fault: 'I picked up my ringing phone as I drove past an officer while driving my wife's car in Georgetown. He pointed to have me pull over- I did. He was very professional. I had to dig for the registration card. Got a ticket and left. I didn't know there was paparazzi.'
We have to say, his wife has excellent taste, if she's the one who picked out the G-Wagon. But we're not wild about those wheels, although the tires are appropriate for those who just cruise around urban areas instead of venturing onto trails.
Just like in a lot of other areas, it's illegal to hold your phone while driving in Washington, DC. If someone wants to use a device while cruising around, they have to use the handsfree feature on it, not pick it up like Baier did.
The crackdown on crime in the capital was sparked by the beating of Edward Coristine, a former DOGE employee who's affectionately known by a nickname we can't use without being censored. The 21-year-old stepped in to prevent a group of teenagers from carjacking a woman when the teens beat him senseless.
President Trump took to social media to voice his displeasure with how rampant crime had become in the nation's capital, which included carjackings. His solution has been to send federal law enforcement flooding into the city in a crime crackdown.
According to the DC Police Union, the move has led to an 83 percent drop in carjackings as other crimes have also become far less common than before. The only drawback is with all those cops everywhere, elites like Baier have to watch what they do.
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