Border czar Tom Homan is calling out the media for a blatant cover-up of Washington, D.C.’s worsening crime crisis, accusing reporters of pushing cherry-picked statistics to create the illusion that the city is “safe.”
Corporate media outlets have touted a supposed 35% drop in crime for 2024.
However, these figures are based on Metropolitan Police Department data that excludes key violent offenses such as felony assault and aggravated assault.
Critics say the omissions paint a misleading picture, ignoring the lived reality of residents who have endured record levels of violence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve been in law enforcement for 40 years,” Homan told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”
“I won’t transit D.C. without a gun.
“And any of these reporters that said the crime rate is way down and it’s safer than they say, I dare any of them: walk the streets of D.C. after dark.
“If it’s that safe, go ahead and do it.
“See how that works out for you.”
When asked about media spin on crime trends, Homan didn’t hold back.
“It’s the same people who said the border was secure as you and I watched thousands of people cross the border every day … they think we’re idiots,” he said.
“Anybody that transits D.C., works in D.C., or lives in D.C., they know the truth.
“The lies, the lies, the lies.
“They think if they lie enough, people start believing them.
“But Americans are smarter.”
WATCH:
According to MPD’s narrow definition of “violent crime,” only homicides, sex abuse crimes, assaults with dangerous weapons, and robberies are counted.
This leaves out serious offenses that D.C. law still classifies as violent.
The FBI’s broader crime data, based on MPD’s own reports, tells a different story:
Violent crime in D.C. dropped just 10% in 2024, remaining slightly higher than in 2018.
Aggravated assaults rose 12% from 2023 and are up 37% from 2022.
Homicides have stayed above pre-pandemic levels nearly every year since 2020.
Research from the Rochester Institute of Technology ranked D.C.’s homicide rate in 2024 as the fourth highest in the nation.
The crime surge has prompted President Donald Trump to take unprecedented action.
Following the August 5 mob attack and carjacking of a White House staffer, Trump announced plans to deploy the National Guard to patrol the streets and push for federal control of D.C.’s police force.
The D.C. intervention is just one piece of Trump’s broader law-and-order agenda aimed at restoring safety in Democrat-run cities plagued by rising violence.
From deploying federal agents to smash organized retail crime rings, to using the Insurrection Act to quell riots, to surging Border Patrol operations in sanctuary cities, Trump has made clear that restoring public safety is a central pillar of his second-term mission.
In Trump’s view, D.C.’s crime crisis and the media’s spin to downplay it are a prime example of why federal intervention is sometimes necessary.
As his team sees it, the nation’s capital should set the standard for safety, not be a case study in failed leadership and misleading statistics.
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