OPINION

WATCH: Debunking the Left’s Wildest Takes on Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown

Elise McCue •   August 12, 2025

It’s apparently controversial to say you want less crime. A post in the Washington, D.C., subreddit with that message was deleted in 11 minutes.

As President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration will tackle the rampant crime in our nation’s capital by deploying the National Guard and invoking the Home Rule Act, leftists are pushing wild takes on Trump’s crime crackdown—from “trafficking homeless people” to “Epstein distraction.”

Long story short: They’re saying anything to oppose safety in D.C.

Oneil The Woketopus book cover

Read the first chapter of The Woketopus right now for FREE

Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government.

The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.

In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.
You can read the first chapter of this new book for FREE in this eBook, The Woketopus: Chapter One using the secure link below.

Elise McCue
Elise McCue | Digital Associate
Elise McCue is a digital associate for The Daily Signal.

Follow on X EliseMcCue
Daily Signal

The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you.

RELATED ARTICLES