D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has revived calls for the District of Columbia to become America’s 51st state in response to President Donald Trump’s move to federalize Washington’s police force.
Trump announced a huge crackdown on street crime in the nation’s capital on Monday, insisting it was necessary to safeguard the public from “violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people,” despite the official statistics for the last two years showing a steep decline in offenses.
