Alyssa Farah-Griffin: Trump’s Goading the Dems into Arguing There’s No Crime in D.C.

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FARAH GRIFFIN: “Right outside of the White House, and so, I think there is a part of this that is a very real frustration. He thinks the nation’s capital should represent the best of America. But I think he’s also doing something that Trump is very good at, which he’s goading Democrats into the fight that he wants to have. Now, there’s a very reasonable and important debate to be had over federalizing law enforcement and deploying the National Guard on American streets. That’s the debate we should be having. He’s really trying to goad Democrats into arguing, there’s no crime in D.C., D.C. is great. I lived there for 10 years. I’m there all the time. You spend time there, you see a lot of crime. It feels worse. The stats may bear otherwise, but there’s communities that didn’t feel unsafe a few years ago that just don’t feel as safe as they once did. And he is begging and goading Democrats into saying its actually much better than you think, because crime is an issue Trump has generally performed very well on. That’s what he’s getting at here.”