President Trump touted his administration’s law enforcement take-over of Washington, D.C., over the summer during his remarks to House Republicans, including a false claim that there have been no murders in D.C. in the last seven months.
Crime data from the Metropolitan Police Department shows there have been about 59 homicides during that time period. In addition, a National Guard member from West Virginia was killed and another was wounded in the capital in a shooting in November.
Reached for comment, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson didn’t address the discrepancy, but said, “After years of DC’s crime problem being ignored by local Democrats, President Trump finally stepped in to do what everyone else refused to: Make DC Safe Again. Despite unrelenting opposition and criticism from local and national Democrats, President Trump’s efforts have objectively made DC safer for residents and visitors.”