You know the answer to that. But “conservatives” have suddenly decided that government waste is AOK with them when it is Trump’s idea.
Trump Admin takes over D.C. Policing
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The governor of Michigan doesn't need to ask Trump to send in the National Guard. Governors have the power to mobilize their own National Guard if they think it is warranted.
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Once we deport all immigrants, the National Guard may be our most cost effective option.
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If he really wants to deploy the guard to help the nation, he could deploy them picking crops that are rotting in the fields in some places.
For that much federal money, how many police officers could DC hire, train, and deploy?
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“… In August, a week after President Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of seizing control of D.C.’s police department, The Washington Post reported that the Justice Department launched its investigation. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee launched an investigation of its own. Trump and his allies have repeatedly challenged the accuracy of local crime statistics to justify his declaration of a crime emergency. In August, the president wrote on social media: “D.C. gave Fake Crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety.”
Of eight current or former D.C. police employees interviewed by The Post, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters under investigation, all said they think crime has fallen over the past two years — though most said they were skeptical that some types of violent crime have dropped as steeply as city leaders claim.
Some of the skepticism has been directed at how shootings are classified, particularly those that do not result in injuries.
Supervisors and the rank-and-file often disagreeabout crime classification — and in many cases, it’s a reasonable difference of opinion, according to six of the current and former officers interviewed by The Post.
… [BUT] Some in the police force say these arguments are part of a pattern of manipulation by supervisors to achieve a long-term appearance of violent crime reduction. At first, the notes kept by officers were “not a politically motivated thing” and were instead an effort to prove what some officers saw as a persisting problem, one former detective said.
Now, with separate investigations underway at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. and the House congressional committee that oversees the District, the long-standing concerns have found a receptive audience.…”
Of eight current or former D.C. police employees interviewed by The Post, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters under investigation, all said they think crime has fallen over the past two years — though most said they were skeptical that some types of violent crime have dropped as steeply as city leaders claim.
Some of the skepticism has been directed at how shootings are classified, particularly those that do not result in injuries.
Supervisors and the rank-and-file often disagreeabout crime classification — and in many cases, it’s a reasonable difference of opinion, according to six of the current and former officers interviewed by The Post.
… [BUT] Some in the police force say these arguments are part of a pattern of manipulation by supervisors to achieve a long-term appearance of violent crime reduction. At first, the notes kept by officers were “not a politically motivated thing” and were instead an effort to prove what some officers saw as a persisting problem, one former detective said.
Now, with separate investigations underway at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. and the House congressional committee that oversees the District, the long-standing concerns have found a receptive audience.…”