CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 15, 2025
WASHINGTON IS ALWAYS IN THE NEWS, BUT THE DC – OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – IS MAKING NEWS FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT OR CONGRESS.
AFTER FIRST PRAISING THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR COMING INTO DC AND HELPING REDUCE CRIME BY ARRESTING PERPETRATORS, MAYOR MURIAL BOWSER DID A 180 AND CRITICIZED PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SOMEONE MUST HAVE GOTTEN TO HER.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS STICKING WITH HER PRAISE, FOR NOW. CHIEF PAMALA SMITH SAID THE EXTRA PATROLS OF FBI, DEA, AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS HAVE ARRESTED MORE THAN 100 BAD GUYS SO FAR WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT HAVE REMAINED LOOSE.
ONE BLACK COMMENTATOR ON A LOCAL TV STATION SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A RACIST FOR SENDING IN TROOPS. HOW DOES THAT SQUARE WITH THE FACT THAT MOST CRIME VICTIMS IN DC ARE BLACK AND SO ARE THE PERPETRATORS. DON’T BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS WANT PROTECTION? OF COURSE THEY DO.
THE FEDERAL FORCES UNDER LAW CAN ONLY STAY FOR 30 DAYS UNLESS CONGRESS AUTHORIZES AN EXTENSION, OR PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WHICH IS MORE LIKELY.
OUR CITIES – ALL RUN FOR YEARS BY DEMOCRATS – ARE A MESS. JUDGES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LET THESE CRIMINALS BACK ON THE STREETS WHERE THEY COMMIT NEW CRIMES.
DC’S POLICE CHIEF IS RIGHT. MAYOR BOWSER IS A POLITICIANS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
