Trump pushes law-and-order policy in first D.C. speech since leaving White House

Former President Donald Trump, giving his first speech in Washington since leaving office, attacked soft-on-crime policies Tuesday for leading to a national wave of violence in many U.S. cities and said police must be allowed to do their jobs.

“Under the Democrat rule, in Democrat-run cities, Democrat-run states and a Democrat-run federal government, the criminals have been given free rein more than ever before. There’s never been a time like this,” Mr. Trump told the America First Policy Institute summit.

He said American streets “are riddled with needles and soaked with the blood of innocent victims.”… (Excerpt from The Washington Times)