It’s an escalation in his rhetoric as he tries to exert power over the capital.
President Donald Trump called for making the death penalty the punishment for murder in the District of Columbia.
Trump argued that the death penalty is a necessary measure to fight crime in the District. This is a significant escalation in the president’s rhetoric since he federalized law enforcement in Washington, D.C.
“Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment,” Trump said on Tuesday during a televised cabinet meeting.
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