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Karoline Leavitt: “The murder rate in Washington, D.C. has plummeted as a…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Jan. 26, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 20:42

… local government, and we have been able to remove thousands of illegal aliens from the District of Columbia, where you all live. So you can thank President Trump for that. The murder rate in Washington, D.C. has plummeted as a result [of cooperation with ICE]. There were no riots, there were no protests. Nobody was tragically killed as a result of that level of cooperation between between federal and local authorities. (20:42–20:46)

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Asserts that cooperation with ICE has reduced the murder rate in Washington, D.C.

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