A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds 79% of D.C. residents oppose the federal police takeover and 61% report feeling less safe, while 18% report feeling more safe. A CNN NewsNight panel examined the takeover and local crime data that show declining violence. During the exchange, a GOP analyst dismissed residents' opinions, blamed locally elected leaders for public safety failures, and said residents "don't know what's good for them" and that he did not care about their views. The interaction underscored a sharp divide between federal action and local public sentiment.
PHILLIP: At today's visit illustrates a stark divide between the Trump administration and D.C. residents. As city crime stats show that violence is declining, Trump has said that those numbers are fake. And new polling also now shows roughly eight in ten oppose Trump's takeover. But Vance, like his boss, is not believing that data either. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) VANCE: I'm highly skeptical that a majority of D.C. residents don't want their city to be to have better public safety and more reasonable safety standards within Washington, D.C. (END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIP: So, now it doesn't matter, Scott Jennings, that voters are not happy with what Trump's doing, don't feel safer, all of that. JENNINGS: I don't care what they think. I mean, these are the same people who elected the mayor and city council that ran the city's public safety into the ground in the first place. PHILLIP: You don't care what the residents JENNINGS: They don't know what's good for them. PHILLIP: You don't care what the residents of D.C. JENNINGS: No, I don't. I don't. I do not care one bit. And I'll tell you something else.
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