President Donald Trump is taking a no-nonsense approach to cleaning up Washington, D.C. — and Alabama U.S. Senator Katie Britt is all in.
Trump’s latest initiative to tackle violent crime in the nation’s capital is drawing strong support from Alabama’s GOP lawmakers fed up with what they see as years of failed leadership in the District.
In 2024, the District of Columbia averaged one of the highest robbery and murder rates of large cities nationwide.
Britt, who chairs the Homeland Appropriations Subcommittee, says restoring safety and order to the capital is “a national priority.”
In a post on X, Britt praised the president’s plan and revealed she is partnering with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to shepherd the D.C. Security Fund through Congress.
Graham said every American should be ‘behind the effort’ to clean up the capital.
For Britt, the need to make the streets of Washington, D.C. safer hits close to home. In October 2023, one of her staff members was robbed at gunpoint. The following day, the senator called out the crime crisis taking place.
“Just look at the police department’s own numbers – this year, robberies are up 68% and motor vehicle thefts are up 102%,” she noted. “Local elected officials in the District of Columbia have the responsibility not just to their citizens, but to the country, to step up and get a hold of the crime crisis ravaging the streets of our nation’s capital.”
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Britt also recently introduced legislation ensuring that illegal immigrants and non-citizens are prohibited from voting in D.C. elections.
The bill would void a 2022 law passed by the Washington, D.C. City Council allowing noncitizens to vote. Alabama’s senior senator Tommy Tuberville has signed onto the bill.
D.C. now has a higher violent crime, murder, and robbery rate than all 50 States, recording a homicide rate in 2024 of 27.54 per 100,000 residents.
It also experienced the Nation’s highest vehicle theft rate with 842.4 thefts per 100,000 residents — over three times the national average of 250.2 thefts per 100,000 residents.
Austen Shipley is the News Director for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
