Overview

• Rose posted support for President Trump’s takeover of D.C. policing and the National Guard deployment, framing critics as unconcerned with safety in Black neighborhoods.
• She accused “white liberals” of racism and ran an Instagram poll asking followers whether that group is racist.
• Vice President J.D. Vance, visiting Union Station, dismissed hecklers as “old, primarily white people” and cited DOJ and FBI data to justify the intervention.
• Local Metropolitan Police Department statistics report crime down across most categories in 2025, including a 26% drop in violent crime compared with 2024.
• The federal action followed a recently reported attempted carjacking that injured a former DOGE staffer, a case the White House has invoked in pressing its crime narrative.