Hakeem Jeffries, Hillary Clinton Slammed for their “Bonkers” Reaction to Trump Crimefighting Plan

Former First Lady Hillary Clinton and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries were among other top Dems who were slammed on social media after she dismissed President Trump’s efforts to combat crime in Washington, D.C. as “unhinged.”

“As you listen to an unhinged Trump try to justify deploying the National Guard in DC, here’s reality,” Clinton posted on X on Monday, along with a DOJ press release from early January of this year, in conjunction with Trump’s press conference announcing the federalization of the nation’s capital to combat crime. “Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low.”

Clinton’s post immediately drew pushback from conservatives on social media, including from inside the White House, with many making the case that crime in Washington, D.C. has gotten out of control.

In response to the one-time Secretary of State, White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson posted on X, “On top of being a big-time loser, you’re also a massive liar,” along with an article headline about a D.C. police commander being suspended for allegedly altering crime data.

“If Hillary Clinton thinks DC is safe, she should go move to Anacostia or Navy Yard,” conservative communicator Steve Guest posted on X.

Jeffries posted a similar reaction to Clinton on social media, saying, “Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low. Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost.”

Conservatives on social media ripped Jeffries as well.

“A selection of headlines in our nation’s capital this month,” NRCC deputy executive director Jack Pandol posted on X, along with several news headlines of recent violent crime in D.C.

“Why do Democrats always take up for thugs, violent criminals, and illegals over law-abiding citizens?”

“Democrats are lining up to oppose crime being lower in DC,” Outkick founder Clay Travis posted on X. “It’s bonkers.”

“Democrats like Jeffries would rather preserve dangerous cities than admit their policies fail,” GOP Congressman William Timmons posted on X.

“IN FACT, murder is the most violent and accurately measured crime, and the D.C. murder rate in 2024 was 83% higher than in 2012,” the social media account for the nonprofit research institute Just Facts posted on X.

“Jeffries’ stat is deceitful because it ignores the FBI’s warning against “making any direct comparison” of its crime data over time, given that “changes in police procedures, shifting attitudes toward crime and police, and other societal changes can affect the extent to which people report and law enforcement agencies record crime.”

Trump said in the Monday press conference that he is federalizing the D.C. police department to curb spiraling violence. 

“The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogota, Colombia, Mexico City, some of the places that you hear about as being the worst places on Earth, much higher,” Trump said Monday. “This is much higher. The number of car thefts has doubled over the past five years, and the number of carjackings has more than tripled. Murders in 2023 reached the highest rate, probably ever. They say 25 years, but they don’t know what that means because it just goes back 25 years, can’t be worse.”