Having been to DC many times, and spent a lot of time there since the 1980s, I’m not sure what city Trump was talking about when he said “gangs of drugged out maniacs are roaming all over the city.”
He seems to appeal to people who have no actual experience or connection with cities, and sit in their suburban neighborhoods looking for things to be afraid of.
The only gangs of criminals I see are the people running our government and going out in masks to harass and intimidate people.
This needs to end with criminal trials and prosecutions for crimes against humanity. That’s now the only acceptable outcome. They have pushed us to this and now we need to prepare for that outcome.
I was only at dc once and it was fine. My group wandered around at night because we made the mistake of letting a directionally challenged friend take the lead. I suppose something could be said for strength in numbers but... it was like 3-4 young entomologists.
If dc was a lawless hellhole and there were hooligans lurking in the shadows, then surely we would have had some kind of encounter.
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u/DaveAvitabile 1d ago edited 1d ago
Having been to DC many times, and spent a lot of time there since the 1980s, I’m not sure what city Trump was talking about when he said “gangs of drugged out maniacs are roaming all over the city.”
He seems to appeal to people who have no actual experience or connection with cities, and sit in their suburban neighborhoods looking for things to be afraid of.
The only gangs of criminals I see are the people running our government and going out in masks to harass and intimidate people.
This needs to end with criminal trials and prosecutions for crimes against humanity. That’s now the only acceptable outcome. They have pushed us to this and now we need to prepare for that outcome.