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Trump downplays domestic disturbances as he touts D.C. crime reduction\u00a9\u00a0Allison Robbert\/For The Washington Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump minimized the seriousness of domestic disturbances Monday as he touted the impact of his campaign to reduce violence in D.C., accusing city officials of inflating crime numbers by including incidents that \u201ctake place in the home\u201d such as a man\u2019s \u201clittle fight with the wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump cited the issue during a half-hour speech at the Museum of the Bible, describing such domestic disturbances as \u201cmuch lesser\u201d crimes that are included in city statistics, thwarting his ability to declare victory after taking over policing in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can\u2019t claim 100 percent. But we are \u2026 a safe city,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump suggested without evidence that altercations between partners have been overreported to police in D.C., a phenomenon that would contradict decades of public health research showing domestic disturbances tend to be underreported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A White House spokeswoman said in a statement that the president, who made the comments while unveiling an effort to get Americans to pray more, \u201cwasn\u2019t talking about or downplaying domestic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s Executive Order to address crime in DC even specifically took action against<\/a> domestic violence,\u201d said spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. \u201cWhile President Trump is making America safer, the Fake News is whipping up their latest hoax in real time to distract from the Administration\u2019s tremendous results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn Dalton, executive director of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said she\u2019s unconvinced by the White House\u2019s explanation of the president\u2019s comments, which she said undermine the seriousness of domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe frequency and harm of domestic violence is not paid enough attention to, and remarks such as the president\u2019s underscore that reality,\u201d Dalton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalia Otero, co-founder and executive director of DC Safe, which helps domestic violence victims, said the nonprofit receives calls from about 12,000 people each year, about 2,000 of whom are at risk of violence in incidents that \u201care much more than just an argument at home.\u201d While the number of victims DC Safe serves annually has remained relatively stable, the intensity of violence directed at them has increased dramatically in recent years, Otero said, pointing to a spike in the number of homicides tied to domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not taking that increase seriously is \u201ca recipe for disaster,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others denounced Trump\u2019s comments as anti-woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis misogyny and view of women as lesser-than, of men as entitled to power and control and violence, is unrelenting,\u201d said Cynthia Miller-Idriss, an American University professor and author of \u201cMan Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of being serious about reducing crime by addressing and reducing domestic and intimate partner violence, he is now suggesting we reclassify horrific forms of interpersonal violence as not criminal at all \u2014 just as a \u2018little fight,\u2019\u201d Miller-Idriss added in a text message. \u201cThis takes us back to the Dark Ages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has previously faced blowback for declining to condemn domestic abuse. In February 2018, his staff secretary, Rob Porter, resigned<\/a> after two ex-wives accused him of physical and emotional abuse. After the resignation, Trump told reporters that Porter was having a \u201ctough time\u201d and \u201cwe absolutely wish him well.\u201d The president said nothing about the allegations made by Porter\u2019s ex-wives and did not condemn domestic violence generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump then appeared to come to Porter\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs there no such thing any longer as Due Process?\u201d Trump wrote on Twitter at the time, adding: \u201cPeoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused \u2014 life and career are gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days later, Trump pivoted amid increasing pressure while talking with reporters during a White House event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump minimized the seriousness of domestic disturbances Monday as he touted the impact of his campaign to reduce violence in D.C., accusing city officials of inflating crime numbers by including incidents that \u201ctake place in the home\u201d such as a man\u2019s \u201clittle fight with the wife.\u201d Trump cited the issue during a half-hour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2194,230,2318],"class_list":["post-12678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-ban","tag-c","tag-crime"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump downplays domestic disturbances as he touts D.C. crime reduction - LISTEN WORLD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12678\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump downplays domestic disturbances as he touts D.C. crime reduction - 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