Overview
- At Tuesday’s briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said 19 of the 20 highest-crime U.S. cities are led by Democrats, noting a single exception in Louisiana.
- She argued that policies such as cashless bail drive repeat offenses and cited Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, for bail changes and sanctuary-style measures.
- The administration highlighted Washington, D.C., where Trump took control of policing on Aug. 11 under Section 740, as an example for other cities.
- A White House official reported 2,177 arrests since D.C. operations began Aug. 7, including 20 alleged gang members and the recovery of 7 missing children, with 57 arrests on Monday night.
- Leavitt said Trump is open to working with Republican governors on Democrat-run cities, while the White House has floated National Guard deployments to places like Chicago that state and city leaders oppose.