President Donald Trump has ordered Washington’s police force to be put under federal control. He’s vowing a crackdown on violent crime. What do the changes mean for the nation’s capital?
Could Congress step in to back up Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington DC? And will other cities start to repeal their no-cash bail policies, as the president is urging? We hear from Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) [pictured right].*
According to Wikipedia, Representative Self served in the United States Army from 1975 to 1999. He was a member of the Army Special Forces and Army Rangers. He was deployed to Qutar, Egypt, Germany, Afghanistan, and Belgium.
Self was also a candidate to replace retiring U.S. representative Dick Armey in 2002. Self was subsequently elected as the county judge for Collin County, Texas, serving three terms from 2007 to 2018. He was also a candidate for Texas' third congressional district in the March 2022 Republican primary, finishing second to incumbent Van Taylor and advancing to a May runoff.
After the primary, Taylor announced that he would end his congressional campaign amid accusations of marital infidelity, giving Self the nomination. Self won the November general election.
Getting back to Trump, does the current state of public safety in DC justify a federal takeover?
