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Reuters
2 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Homeless DC resident reacts to Trump's crackdown
Flegette Rippy, a homeless person living in Washington, D.C., told Reuters on Monday (August 11) that she felt the Trump administration was throwing homeless people 'to the rats' after the president said he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department to fight crime while also vowing to remove homeless encampments.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Homeless DC resident reacts to Trump's crackdown
STORY: :: Homeless woman in D.C. speaks out after Trump 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. Solve the daily Crossword
