When even veteran liberal journalist Chris Matthews — a man who has long been a loyal defender of the Democratic Party — admits that Democrats are “defending the indefensible,” you know the situation has reached a breaking point.
Matthews’ blunt question, “Who doesn’t want criminals taken off the streets?” cuts right to the core of the problem. His answer? Democrats. These are the same Democrats who oppose deporting criminal illegal immigrants, who once fought to protect women but now prioritize biological males identifying as females, who describe riots as “mostly peaceful,” and who draft laws that shield criminals rather than protect victims.
Even CNN recently ran a segment claiming that fighting crime is difficult because “police are unpopular.” Of course, they left out the fact that it was the Left and the legacy media who made police unpopular in the first place — pushing to “defund the police,” which was really just code for dismantling law enforcement altogether. They didn’t merely want the blue to be unpopular; they wanted it to be unpopulated.
A Party Out of Touch With Reality
Chris Matthews is right: you can’t keep telling Americans that “violent crime is down” while the murder rate is climbing. Murder isn’t an abstract statistic; it’s life and death. Ordinary citizens don’t celebrate a “better crime report” when their communities feel less safe.
This is the political trap Democrats have walked straight into: defending policies that make everyday life more dangerous. People don’t rally around leaders who explain crime away with data; they support leaders who actually do something about it.
Unfortunately, the Biden administration has done the opposite. Under former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the D.C. crime bill was allowed to slash maximum penalties for some of the worst offenses imaginable — murder, armed home invasions, armed carjackings, armed robberies, illegal gun possession, and even certain sexual assaults. This isn’t reform; it’s surrender.
Americans Know Who’s Fighting for Them
According to CNN’s Harry Enten, Biden’s net approval on crime in 2024 was a staggering -26 points, one of his worst ratings across all issues. In contrast, Donald Trump’s approval on crime outperformed Biden by 27 points.
The message is clear: Americans overwhelmingly prefer Trump’s approach to public safety. They are far more hawkish on crime than Democrats are willing to admit.
The Democrats’ Worst Nightmare
Congresswoman Ashley Hinson put it bluntly: Democrats are terrified that Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. might actually work. If it does, Trump could take that same blueprint to Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Baltimore. That would be a political earthquake — a sea change exposing the Democratic Party’s chronic failure to protect its own cities.
Hinson doesn’t mince words about the state of D.C.: rampant homelessness, open drug use, and roving gangs of teenage criminals emboldened to terrorize residents and tourists alike — whether in retail stores or on the National Mall.
Conclusion
Democrats have painted themselves into a political and moral corner. They’ve aligned with ideologies that defy common sense, human nature, and the clear wishes of the American people. They’ve prioritized protecting criminals over protecting communities.
Meanwhile, President Trump is taking action, and the public is responding. If his efforts in D.C. succeed, it won’t just be a victory against crime — it will be a direct indictment of the Democratic Party’s decades-long experiment in soft-on-crime governance.
And that’s exactly what they fear the most.
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