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Shameful use of power by Trump for fabricated rationale.

Author: conorlarkin (21339 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 7:43 pm on Aug 11, 2025

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Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/trump-washington-dc-police.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Replies to: "Shameful use of power by Trump for fabricated rationale."

What's really funny is that Washington DC is a "Sanctuary City". [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:35am 8/11/25 (51) [View All]
- Violent Crime Has Dropped Sharply in DC [LINK] - OCIrish - 8:54pm 8/11/25
- Shameful use of power by Trump for fabricated rationale. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 7:43pm 8/11/25
- If only this were an option in every city that flaunts the Constitution. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:02pm 8/11/25
- Laughing endlessly. Soooooooo funny. [NT] - jimbasil - 5:31pm 8/11/25
- Remember when they painted Black Lives Matter on the street in big letters? Trump does. [NT] - LanceManion - 1:45pm 8/11/25
  - Ivermectin is for horses! [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:58pm 8/11/25
- 80/20 issue for Trump. [NT] - Cole - 12:19pm 8/11/25
  - Expanding presidential power is 90/10 with cretinous MAGA trolls. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:09pm 8/11/25
    - False statement. This is not an expansion of presidential powers and you know it. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:03pm 8/11/25
      - Uh, yes doc, taking over the DC police and sending in NG troops most certainly expands his power - Chris94 - 6:21pm 8/11/25
        He already had the power, prof. The Home Rule Act. [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 6:23pm 8/11/25
        I promise I know more about this than you do [LINK] - Chris94 - 7:20pm 8/11/25
        Yet you fail to demonstrate it. I link the actual public law and you link an Atlantic OpEd. - BaronVonZemo - 8:27pm 8/11/25
        “ You think this is only ok when a Dem does it” - Chris94 - 10:57pm 8/11/25
        
        * [NT] - Chris94 - 7:20pm 8/11/25
        
        The prof didn't do his research. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 6:42pm 8/11/25
- What exact point are you trying to make? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 12:10pm 8/11/25
  - DC forgot what it is. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:04pm 8/11/25
  - The federal government controls DC, they act as if they are an autonomous collective - iairishcheeks - 1:02pm 8/11/25
    - The DC cops are controlled by the mayor. And there is no National Guard on its streets. Yet. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:13pm 8/11/25
      - I suppose you think that's the entire crux of the matter. - iairishcheeks - 4:17pm 8/11/25
    - Interesting, didn't get that from your original post [NT] - Quest4twelve - 2:09pm 8/11/25
      - It was in there, you just didn't connect the dots. - iairishcheeks - 3:39pm 8/11/25
- Sending armed forced to American cities for no reason is absolutely hilarious - Chris94 - 12:08pm 8/11/25
  - "For nor reason". There's your problem. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:05pm 8/11/25
  - I guess you didn't watch Biden's inauguration. DC looked like the DMZ. - Iggle - 1:22pm 8/11/25
    - I spent a week in DC this July. Didn't even notice the crisis. Not sure how I survived. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:08pm 8/11/25
      - After your earlier post I reassured my wife that she hadn't actually witnessed a daytime carjacking - Iggle - 4:21pm 8/11/25
        Well now that we have 1500 FBI agents on the streets, none of that will happen - Chris94 - 5:00pm 8/11/25
        Guy posts anecdote, than quibbles about another anecdote. Hilarious. - Iggle - 5:17pm 8/11/25
        Aww, did getting called out strike a little nerve? - Chris94 - 5:35pm 8/11/25
        Not surprising [LINK] - Iggle - 6:16pm 8/11/25
        
        His anecdote is part of the data. That is irrefutable. - Hensou - 5:48pm 8/11/25
        
        You don’t understand that his anecdote is part of the data. - Hensou - 5:07pm 8/11/25
    - The red light solemn saving democracy with marines thing... [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:40pm 8/11/25
  - Time for another cow country civics lesson, I guess. - iairishcheeks - 1:05pm 8/11/25
  - You’re right. Not the last time. New Orleans is next. [NT] - Cole - 12:20pm 8/11/25
    - That's right. Cities are the enemy. Americans are the enemy. - Chris94 - 12:27pm 8/11/25
      - You're projecting your cow country insecurities onto others, you need someone to blame I suppose. - iairishcheeks - 1:09pm 8/11/25
        The people in rat country need a lesson in civics. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:08pm 8/11/25
        Note that he mocked the idea that "Americans are the enemy" while doing the same to rural americans [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:10am 8/13/25
      - Would you move your family to the highest crime neighborhood in New Orleans? - Hensou - 1:03pm 8/11/25
        I live about three blocks from Hollygrove. So take your sanctimony and cram it. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:08pm 8/11/25
        It was a legit question. Not sanctimonious at all. You have anger issues. - Hensou - 5:01pm 8/11/25
        
        Saw this today: if I buy you a GoPro and new sneakers, will you live stream your walk at 2am through - Cole - 4:34pm 8/11/25
        
        Does that make you a gentrifier or a colonizer? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:21pm 8/11/25
- Sanctuary city for illegals, BLM, defund crowd, antifa peaceful protesters. The whole ball of wax. [NT] - ELP - 11:47am 8/11/25
  - A sanctuary from the enforcement of federal law. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:57am 8/11/25
    - This hits home for the libs because it is literally taking away one of their illegal strongholds. - BaronVonZemo - 6:10pm 8/11/25
      - Like Trump, you say a lot without saying anything. [NT] - Quest4twelve - 9:04pm 8/11/25