Send in the troops! That’s President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce violent crime in the nation’s capital. The president made the announcement yesterday that he would be implementing a 30-day takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department, and supplementing their efforts with 800 National Guard troops.

In response, Democrats, liberal pundits and the mainstream media reacted with fury that someone would try to actually address D.C.’s crime problems. Their responses ranged from anger over the federal takeover to denial that there’s even a problem at all, to desperate attempts to talk about something else. Seriously, the national reporters at the press conference swiftly pivoted to questions about Russia-Ukraine, which is the only subject that holds the mainstream media’s interest for more than a few seconds.

My favorite response was from CNN’s Dana Bash, who took the opportunity to remind her viewers about — you guessed it — January 6th.

“As we go to break, I should note that the most violent moment in recent history in DC was January 6th, and it was an attack on the United States Capitol by a lot of people who were doing it in the name of Donald Trump.”

Look, January 6th was, in fact, bad. It’s bad when protesters fight with........

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