Pete Stauber, a representative from Minnesota, said that President Trump’s crime policies are contributing to increased safety in Washington, D.C., while criticizing Democrats for opposing these measures. The statement was made on the social media platform X.
“President Trump’s tough-on-crime policies are making Washington, D.C. safer,” said Peter Allen Stauber, U.S. Representative of Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District (R). “Democrat politicians who continue to complain about the President’s efforts to clean DC up are only proving themselves to be disconnected from reality.”
In August 2025, Washington, D.C. experienced a rare 12-day period without a homicide following President Trump’s decision to initiate a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police and deploy National Guard troops. Trump described this period as unprecedented; however, city data indicates that longer stretches without homicides occurred earlier in the year. The Washington Post reported that violent crime had already been decreasing in 2024–2025.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department’s daily crime data, homicides in Washington, D.C. decreased by 16%, from 122 in 2024 to 103 in 2025 year-to-date. Other crime categories also showed improvement: overall violent crime dropped by 27%, robberies fell by 31%, and assaults with a dangerous weapon decreased by 18%.
CBS News reported that violent crime in Washington, D.C. had reached its lowest point in three decades by early 2025 before Trump’s intervention. Following the federal takeover, there was an additional decline of 26% in violent crime, with a year-over-year drop of 49% after the deployment of National Guard troops, according to Justice Department data and local reporting.
Stauber has represented Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District since 2019 after serving as a Duluth police officer, city councilor, and St. Louis County commissioner. In Congress, he is part of the Transportation and Infrastructure, Small Business, and Natural Resources Committees and advocates for veterans, law enforcement, and mining.
