Fact-Check Summary The claim that Washington D.C. faces a “dire public safety crisis” directly caused by failures of local leadership is only partially supported by the facts. While D.C. did experience a spike in crime in recent years, recent data from the Metropolitan Police Department shows a significant decline in violent crime in 2025. Assertions […]
Fact-Check Summary The claim that Washington D.C.’s current murder rate is higher than Bogotá, Colombia’s, is accurate according to recent official data. In 2024, Washington D.C. reported a murder rate of approximately 26.6–27.54 per 100,000 residents, while Bogotá’s rate was 15.1 per 100,000. While the comparison reflects statistical reality, it is important to note varying
Fact-Check Summary Donald Trump’s post claiming that a public safety emergency was declared in the District of Columbia on August 11, 2025 is factually accurate. Multiple major news outlets confirm that President Trump made this declaration, invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act, and deployed the National Guard, placing D.C. police under federal control.
Fact-Check Summary The social media post from President Trump claims that Washington D.C. will be “liberated” from crime and disorder, asserts he fixed the southern border with “ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months,” and states that crime in D.C. will disappear as a result of his intervention. The reference to liberating D.C. aligns factually with
Fact-Check Summary The statement “LIBERATION DAY IN DC WE ARE TAKING OUR CAPITAL BACK” is partially anchored in fact. Verified statements from Trump on Truth Social do include the sentiment “We want our Capital BACK” and reference aggressive federal intervention in Washington, D.C. However, the phrase “Liberation Day” is not present in any official communication
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Fact-Check Summary The Truth Social post degrades Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and other progressive Democrats by labeling them “low IQ” and “country destroying morons,” and implies they would all fail a cognitive exam that Donald Trump claims to have “aced” at Walter Reed hospital. The factual record confirms that Rep. Crockett earned a BA from Rhodes
Fact-Check Summary The post claims Paul Krugman has been persistently wrong about market doom since 2016, that markets have reached unprecedented highs under Trump, and that Krugman’s predictions kept people out of the “best market in history.” Krugman did make incorrect, dire predictions immediately after Trump’s 2016 win but retracted them days later and has
Fact-Check Summary The post claims that House Oversight efforts to gather evidence could overturn President Biden’s pardons, celebrating this as “great news” and associating the sentiment with Donald Trump. Factually, there is an active House Oversight investigation into clemency decisions made by President Biden, specifically concerning the use of autopen signatures and claims about his
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Fact-Check Summary The post claims a press conference will address rising crime and blight in Washington, D.C., as well as excessive federal spending on renovations. Key factual assertions are either incorrect or exaggerated. Official data from the Metropolitan Police Department shows crime in D.C. has declined substantially (violent crime down 26% in 2025), directly refuting
Fact-Check Summary The post attributed to Trump about a White House press conference on making the capital safer, removing the homeless, jailing criminals, and ending leniency is rooted in substantiated events and rhetoric from the period in question (August 2025). Multiple sources confirm announcements about crime and homelessness, including the language of immediate removal and