Republicans living in Washington, D.C. were relieved that the city’s out-of-control crime was elevated to a national conversation after President Trump decided to take federal action to quash it. In a segment on Tuesday’s edition of CNN’s The Lead, Republican strategists Lauren Tomlinson and Doug Heye out classed former DNC communications director Karen Finney in proving that D.C. had a crime problem. They even got host Jake Tapper to admit that the city’s judicial system wasn’t adequately prosecuting repeat offenders and that cashless bail was a problem.
While Finney was claiming Trump’s recent budget cuts were somehow responsible for D.C.’s years and years of a steadily worsening crime situation, Tomlinson pointed out that even the left-wing Atlantic was able to admit that the city’s crime problem was homegrown. This led Tapper to point out which liberal policies played the larger of roles:
TOMLINSON: What's interesting is The Atlantic, of all places, had a great article that was reporting that there's this idea of the few that keep perpetrating the same crimes. And D.C. is one of these places where they're not actively prosecuting. So, it's the same people going out --
TAPPER: Well, especially if they're underage teenagers.
TOMLINSON: Especially if they're under 18, which is why the carjacking.
TAPPER: Or there's cash-free bail.
TOMLINSON: Yes.
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