Trump mocked after promising "very powerful crime" in Washington, D.C.
Trump mocked after promising "very powerful crime" in Washington, D.C.
"We're going to have very powerful crime," Trump said. "And you're going to be proud of it again."
Former President Donald Trump is facing mockery over a video clip that appears to show him promising to bring "very powerful crime" to Washington, D.C.
Trump inadvertently suggested that he would inspire a crime wave in the nation's capital during a "bonus" portion of his Tuesday night Fox News town hall that aired on the conservative news network's The Ingraham Angle on Wednesday night.
"We're going to take over Washington, D.C.," Trump said. "We're going to federalize. We're going to have very powerful crime. And you're going to be proud of it again. We're going to take the graffiti off the beautiful marble columns, the swastikas off the columns, and we're going to make it beautiful again."
A short clip of the moment that ends before the graffiti removal remark quickly circulated on X, formerly Twitter. The reelection campaign of President Joe Biden and a number of Trump critics took the opportunity to ridicule the former president over the gaffe.
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Crime, the likes of which, you have never seen before. The best crime
It's so illegal that it's legal. Many people are saying!
Yuge crime, he knows the best criminals.