President Donald Trump said that his crackdown on crime in the District of Columbia would reach “further” to other major cities in blue states. But when he named some other possible targets, he left out cities in red states with higher crime rates, like New Orleans.
Elected officials who represent some of the cities Trump name-checked when he announced he would take over the District’s police department and activate the National Guard to patrol its streets are bracing for the possibility of the Trump administration trying to take more control of their homes. That the priority seems to be cities in blue states — regardless of how their crime rates size up — has not been lost on some Democrats.
One Louisiana Republican deferred to Trump in deciding which areas should get the same level of attention from the administration.