Donald Trump has cracked down on crime in Washington, DC and the operation has been so successful that his team is looking at expanding this operation to other cities.
One of the main criticisms from the left comes in the form of an accusation that Trump is only targeting Democrat controlled areas in blue states. They claim that there is plenty of crime in red states, like Louisiana.
While it’s true that there is plenty of crime in red states, the problem tends to come from red state cities, which are controlled by Democrats and have been for years.
The next time someone on the left makes this claim, simply ask them to name a major city that’s controlled by Republicans.
The folks at Issues and Insights recently looked at this issue and offered an outstanding analysis:
Care To Guess How Many Of The Deadliest Cities In The U.S. Have A Republican Mayor?
In one of his endless attempts to grab a headline, California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week taunted President Donald Trump, saying that if he’s serious about fighting crime, he should be sending the National Guard to red states such as Louisiana, which has a murder rate far higher than California.
Newsom’s attempt to troll the president failed on Sunday, when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took the attention-starved governor up on his offer.
“Absolutely,” she said on “Face the Nation,” when asked if the Trump administration would send National Guard troops into cities or states run by Republicans. “Every single city is evaluated for what we need to do there to make it safer.”
But even if Trump were to follow up on this, he’d likely still end up sending National Guard troops almost exclusively into Democratic strongholds.
Not for political reasons. But because the most crime-infested parts of the country are almost entirely run by Democrats.
Here are more inconvenient facts for Democrats:
– Of the 20 cities with the highest homicide rates in the country, 12 are located in red states, but only one currently has a Republican mayor.
– And while Shreveport, La, currently has a Republican mayor, a Republican has run the city only 11 of the past 152 years.
– It’s been 50 years since Birmingham, Alabama, last had a Republican mayor.
– The last time there was a Republican mayor in St. Louis, Mo., was 1949.
– Atlanta hasn’t had a Republican mayor since 1879; New Orleans, hasn’t seen one since 1872.
Just look at this chart. (Screenshot courtesy of Issues and Insights)
Democrats have no argument for the crime problem because they own the crime problem.
They run the cities and have done so in some cases for a century or more.
