US EditionTrump Appears to Dismiss Domestic Violence as a 'Lesser' Crime
President Trump claimed an 87% drop in crime in Washington D.C. after National Guard deployment but faced criticism for minimizing domestic violence and disputing crime statistics.
- Donald Trump downplayed domestic violence during a speech at the Museum of the Bible, stating that such incidents are included in crime statistics.
- In his speech, Trump claimed that deploying federal troops reduced crime in Washington, D.C., stating that there are virtually no crimes left.
- Trump's remarks sparked backlash as many criticized him for minimizing the severity of domestic violence.
- The backlash included remarks on Trump's history with accusations of domestic violence and sexual abuse, questioning his credibility on the issue.
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Trump Minimizes Domestic Violence, Praises DC Crime Stats
Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty On Monday (Sept. 8), President Trump downplayed the seriousness of domestic disturbances, claiming that his deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., would be a bigger success if it wasn’t for inflating crime numbers, including incidents that “take place in the home” such as a man’s “little fight with the wife.” According to the Washington Post, Trump made the insensitive comments during a speech at th…
Trump Can't Believe 'A Little Fight With The Wife' Is Even A Crime
Donald Trump keeps saying weirder and weirder things to justify his authoritarian takeover of US cities, pushing the lie that there’s a “crisis” of crime that requires armed troops in the streets, even though crime is down nationwide — and, except for a spike during his pandemic, it’s been trending down for decades. And now, to further that lie, Trump is even downplaying domestic violence, which he suggested Monday shouldn’t really count as a cr…
Ursula Meighan Chairperson of The Workers Party Women’s Committee has slammed Donald Trump for claiming that Domestic Abuse is not a crime.
Ms Meighan said that the remarks made by Donald Trump in relation to crime statistics in Washington DC due to his intervention with the National Guard would be down by 100% if it wasn’t for domestic abuse which is not really a crime, but a disagreement between husband and wife. This is the so called leader of the free world prepared to turn the clock back once again in relation to a woman's right not to be abused physically or verbally to satisf…
White House claims abused women are only reporting domestic beatings 'to undermine the great work' of Donald Trump
Even by Donald Trump‘s low standards, saying that he doesn’t think domestic violence is a crime is truly despicable. Controversy erupted yesterday after he boasted to journalists about how his invasion of Washington, DC had reduced crime to “virtually nothing”. But Trump was clearly sore that he couldn’t claim it was actually nothing (not sure why he didn’t just lie about this as usual, but whatever). The fly in his ointment? Those pesky abused …
U.S. President Donald Trump this Monday minimized marital violence as a “less serious” crime, referring to criminality, during a speech on religious freedom. The U.S. president, who claims to have restored order in the city of Washington, reproached his opponents for inflating crime figures in order to tarnish their balance. “Least serious things, things that happen in the home, they call it crimes,” Trump said. “If a man has a small dispute wit…
White House doubles down on Trump’s claim about domestic violence
‘Things that take place in the home, they call crime,’ Trump said Monday. ‘They’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, ‘This was a crime scene.’’
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