Suddenly a few Democrats are arguing that the reflexive opposition to Trump’s move to clean up DC is a trap for them from Mika Brzezinski and Chris Matthews:
“I have no doubt that Trump enjoys targeting Democratic-controlled cities for embarrassment,” Powell writes. “I also have little doubt that a mother in Ward 8 might draw comfort from a National Guard soldier standing watch near her child’s school.”
The diva of distraction is putting on a show. (They’re eating the cats and the dogs!) But progressives should not fall into Trump’s trap and play down crime, once more getting on the wrong side of an inflammatory issue. As with inflation, they should remember that personal experiences can count more than sanguine statistics.
Even if Trump is being diabolical, Democrats should not pretend everything is fine here. Because it’s not.
The truth is they are half right, this IS a trap for the Democrats but NOT the one they think.
They think the trap is to try and get them to object to Trump’s actions while they are taking place and that is a bit of a trap making them look pro-criminal but that’s not the real trap.
The REAL trap is the vote on extending Trump’s DC time beyond 30 days and what happens next.
You see the Democrats are not likely to extend Trump’s time in DC when they keep calling him another “Hitler” or a “Totalitarian” etc etc etc so it seems unlikely that they will allow him to keep up the job and/or finish it.
What follows after they reject it IS the trap.
You see if I was a criminal in DC and I had the ability to go to ground for a month or so that’s what I’d be doing now. I’d keep a low profile and head for the hill until Trump’s folks are gone or until I couldn’t afford to do so or relocate.
But once the regular crowd is back in DC then it’s business as usual, that’s the trap:
- What happens in DC, particularly in the black areas once Trump people leave the the Democrats who run this city go back to not policing the gangs?
- What happens to DC once the graffiti goes back up on the monuments?
- What happens to DC when the addicts and the homeless camps and the needles are back?
- What happens to DC when the subways are once again not safe?
- What happens the first time a tourist is mugged or beaten or killed after Trump goes away?
You see it was one thing when the residents were resigned to this situation and convinced it could not change, but what happens when they’ve had a full month of feeling safe in their city for the first time in years thank to Trump and then have it taken away thanks to the Democrats? What happens when they KNOW their city can be safe and the Democrats just won’t make it safe?
That’s the trap. It’s the kind of trap that changes votes and political alignments.
Now the Democrats have two ways to solve this dilemma:
- Extend Trump’s time in DC
- Actually crack down on crime.
If they do the first the wacko base will punish them severely for it, if they do the second then at best the people ask: “Why weren’t you doing this before?” and at worst they don’t get paid by the criminals or can’t use them for political purposes (which is what I think is actually the reason for what was going on).
It will be very interesting to see which path they choose to take. Let me give them this clue:
The right thing is generally the smart thing.
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