Trump announced on Monday that he will be working to revoke no-cash bail in cities across the country, coming as Trump has honed in on cracking down on crime in the nation’s capital.
“This dire public safety crisis stems directly from the abject failures of the city’s local leadership. The radical left city council adopted no cash bail,” Trump said, noting cities that have adopted such policies like Chicago and New York City. “Somebody murders somebody, and they’re out on no cash bail before the day is out.”
“But we’re going to change no cash bail. We’re going to change the statute and get rid of some of the other things, and we’ll count on the Republicans in Congress and Senate to vote. We have the majority, so we’ll vote.”
He later added, “Cashless bail. Watch what we do with that. Today, we’re formally declaring a public safety emergency. This is an emergency.” Trump said it was “embarrassing for me to be up here, you know, I’m going to see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday. I don’t like being up here talking about how unsafe and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was, with graffiti all over