DC Mayor Bowser experiences ‘nice assembly’ with Trump regardless of their rocky previous

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser stated Monday that she and President-elect Trump “had a fantastic assembly to debate our shared priorities” for his upcoming time period, regardless of their beforehand contentious relationship that hit a fever pitch in 2020 through the George Floyd riots. 

“President Trump and I each need Washington, DC to be the very best, most lovely metropolis on this planet and we would like the capital metropolis to mirror the power of our nation,” Bowser stated. 

The Democratic mayor stated she and Trump “mentioned areas for the collaboration between native and federal authorities, particularly round our federal workforce, underutilized federal buildings, parks and inexperienced areas, and infrastructure.” 

“I’m optimistic that we’ll proceed to search out frequent floor with the President throughout his second time period, and we sit up for supporting a profitable inauguration on January 20,” she added. 

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D.C. Mayor Bowser seems to be warming as much as working with President-elect Donald Trump forward of his second time period. (Getty Photos)

The assertion’s tone is a far cry from Bowser’s messaging associated to Trump 4 years in the past, when the mayor declared {that a} portion of the road main as much as the White Home that protesters spray-painted to learn “Defund the Police” could be formally acknowledged by the District of Columbia as “Black Lives Matter Plaza.” Bowser and Trump publicly sparred over the usage of the federal regulation enforcement to quell the riots and protests that engulfed the nation’s capital, in addition to different American cities. 

As for Bowser’s reference to the “federal workforce,” congressional staffers and even a member of Congress, have fallen sufferer to carjackings and different violent crimes over the previous 12 months.

Simply weeks in the past, a congressional staffer from Texas was focused by a bunch of armed males who held up a few dozen different individuals through the morning commute in Washington, the Washington Publish reported.

Trump made it a promise on the marketing campaign path this 12 months that he would revitalize D.C. and different American cities that he says have deteriorated in recent times beneath progressive insurance policies which have fueled violent crime and emboldened offenders.

“We’ll rebuild our cities, together with our capital in Washington DC, which has turn out to be a really harmful and badly managed place. We will make them protected, clear and exquisite once more. We’ll train our kids to like our nation, to honor our historical past, and to all the time respect our nice American flag,” Trump stated at his sold-out rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis. 

D.C. noticed the most important surge in violent crime between 2022 and 2023 in comparison with another giant metropolis within the nation, WUSA reported in June, citing Division of Justice information highlighted by the Main Cities Chiefs Affiliation earlier this 12 months.

Individuals stroll down sixteenth avenue after “Defund The Police” was painted on the road close to the White Home on June 8, 2020. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has renamed that part “Black Lives Matter Plaza” after days of protests over George Floyd. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Photos)

 DC VIOLENT CRIME DIPS 35% IN 2024, REACHES 30-YEAR LOW: US ATTORNEY

D.C. police and public security officers on Monday, nonetheless, touted how violent crime within the capital in 2024 is on a document downward trajectory. 

Since 2023, homicides in Washington have declined by 32%, violent crime has dropped by 35% and general crime is down 15%, DC Police Chief Pamela Smith and Deputy Mayor for Public Security Lindsey Appiah introduced. 

The 35% dip in year-over-year crime constitutes a brand new 30-year low for D.C., U.S. Lawyer for the District of Columbia Mathew Graves famous earlier this month.

Bowser speaks at a homecoming occasion for The College of the District of Columbia on the primary campus in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15, 2024.  (Robb Hill for The Washington Publish by way of Getty Photos)

Smith on Monday championed higher use of know-how, crediting how “the mayor authorised the rise of CCTV cameras throughout the town.” 

The chief additionally stated a sweeping D.C. crime invoice enacted earlier this 12 months served as a “morale booster” for officers, who expressed how they really feel like they “may police once more” with returned or new instruments to make use of on the streets. 

The invoice additionally made it simpler for judges to order pre-trial detention. 

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Appiah, in the meantime, admitted that holding suspects accused of violent crimes forward of trial – versus releasing them again onto the road to re-offend – has contributed to the about-face. 

“Those that commit violent crime, notably with weapons, typically must be held pre-trial,” Appiah stated, in keeping with WRC-TV.