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BumRushDaShow

(160,105 posts)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 09:44 AM Aug 27

Donald Trump Reveals New 'Comprehensive Crime Bill'

Source: Newsweek

President Donald Trump has announced that he is working with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune on a "Comprehensive Crime Bill." Newsweek contacted the White House for comment via email outside normal business hours.

Why It Matters

Trump has made a crackdown on crime, especially in major cities, a cornerstone policy of his second term. New legislation could enable the president to take more steps in his campaign against crime, which he has branded "Making America Safe Again."

Trump's push on what he characterizes as lawlessness began earlier this month with the declaration of a "crime emergency" in Washington, D.C., and the temporary federal takeover of the city's police powers. The scope has now expanded to Democrat-led cities and states, pitting the administration against local officials who view this as both unnecessary and an example of executive overreach.

What To Know

Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said he was working with Republicans on comprehensive new legislation on crime. "Speaker Mike Johnson, and Leader John Thune, are working with me, and other Republicans, on a Comprehensive Crime Bill. It's what our Country need, and NOW! More to follow," Trump wrote. He did not elaborate.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-crime-bill-republicans-mike-johnson-thune-2119903



Johnson and Thune are probably like "Huh?"

The government will shutdown at the end of next month unless some appropriations bills get passed and/or a C.R. is passed.
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Donald Trump Reveals New 'Comprehensive Crime Bill' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 27 OP
Lock the felons and pedo besties up BoRaGard Aug 27 #1
He submitted his resignation? sop Aug 27 #2
Oh yes. Let's start with that SOB. the nelm Aug 27 #20
Oh, there's a crime emergency in D.C., alright. But it's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. tanyev Aug 27 #3
They are laying the groundwork to... S/V Loner Aug 27 #4
Is the mandatory death penalty like he wants in DC in there? They are doubling down on this old repuke racist trope n/t Cheezoholic Aug 27 #5
Fun fact: the word Dictator comes from... DSandra Aug 27 #6
"temporary federal takeover of the city's police powers" William Seger Aug 27 #8
Did you read everything I said? DSandra Aug 27 #18
Sorry, misplaced reply; my comment was directed at Newsweek (nt) William Seger Aug 27 #19
What now? Execute people for J-walking? hadEnuf Aug 27 #7
I wish this new crime bill as much success as .. mwooldri Aug 27 #9
"Crackdown on crime" means... ananda Aug 27 #10
It isn't about crime it is control. twodogsbarking Aug 27 #11
The worst criminals timms139 Aug 27 #12
All aimed at blue states and blue cities Owens Aug 27 #13
It's all about the 2026 elections. thought crime Aug 27 #14
The U.S. does not need any such thing - Nigrum Cattus Aug 27 #15
Guaranteed it waters down or repeals Posse Comitatus jgmiller Aug 27 #16
Damn, more republican politicians going to prison republianmushroom Aug 27 #17
He and his damn administration are the ones who need to be in prison! Initech Aug 27 #21
And as predicted in the OP comments BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #22

the nelm

(167 posts)
20. Oh yes. Let's start with that SOB.
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 08:53 PM
Aug 27

Dump already has 34 felony guilty verdicts, and there were a lot more pending...including stealing how many classified documents? At least 300 that he was charged with. Any other average schmoe convicted with that many classified docs on his account would be looking at a long haul in pokey.

tanyev

(47,769 posts)
3. Oh, there's a crime emergency in D.C., alright. But it's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 09:47 AM
Aug 27

Cheezoholic

(3,288 posts)
5. Is the mandatory death penalty like he wants in DC in there? They are doubling down on this old repuke racist trope n/t
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:03 AM
Aug 27

DSandra

(1,680 posts)
6. Fun fact: the word Dictator comes from...
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:25 AM
Aug 27

The Latin word dictātor, a chief magistrate appointed during an emergency by the Roman Senate for a limited time, of which one of them, Cornelius Sulla, used a civil war to gain absolute power, abolish the time limit, abolish the restraints of the senate, and basically become what we now know as a dictator.

Dictators want emergencies because that’s how they get their absolute power.

William Seger

(11,810 posts)
8. "temporary federal takeover of the city's police powers"
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:36 AM
Aug 27

Newsweek? After he declared that he is entitled to do anything he wants, "temporary" means whatever the faux-king idiot says it means, so why are you sane-washing it?

DSandra

(1,680 posts)
18. Did you read everything I said?
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 05:44 PM
Aug 27

Cornelius, the dictator of which dictator was coined as a tyrannical authoritarian leader, eliminated time limits making him an absolute ruler for an unlimited time.

Using the excuse as “temporary” is a part of what dictator wannabes do.

mwooldri

(10,706 posts)
9. I wish this new crime bill as much success as ..
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:36 AM
Aug 27

... all the infrastructure weeks his previous administration had. i.e. it amounted to nothing.

ananda

(33,137 posts)
10. "Crackdown on crime" means...
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:38 AM
Aug 27

Total crackdown on anyone who is not
a rich white male who kisses his ring.

timms139

(389 posts)
12. The worst criminals
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 11:28 AM
Aug 27

are all in the White House and congress labeled as project 2025 and Republicans appointed and elected to office.

Owens

(561 posts)
13. All aimed at blue states and blue cities
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 11:55 AM
Aug 27

Just watch. Don't we already have laws on the books regarding crimes?

Nigrum Cattus

(1,002 posts)
15. The U.S. does not need any such thing -
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 12:42 PM
Aug 27

It will make anything that is not white "christian" nationalist, illegal.

jgmiller

(640 posts)
16. Guaranteed it waters down or repeals Posse Comitatus
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 12:58 PM
Aug 27

The bigger question is do the dems in the senate have the balls to block it and no even bother with the word negotiate. Dems also need to feed into the fears of all the militia types that they are coming for them next so they turn some reps to a no vote.

republianmushroom

(21,371 posts)
17. Damn, more republican politicians going to prison
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 01:14 PM
Aug 27

if the are more laws. Making more laws doesn't make you the law and order party, obeying those that are already on the books does. Seems republican folks have a problem with that, obeying what is already there.

BumRushDaShow

(160,105 posts)
22. And as predicted in the OP comments
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 04:37 AM
Aug 28
Republicans scratch their heads over Trump’s ‘comprehensive’ crime bill


By Meredith Lee Hill and Jordain Carney
08/27/2025 03:46 PM EDT


President Donald Trump is envisioning a sweeping crime bill and billions of dollars in new funding for the nation’s capital. His Republican allies in Congress are largely in the dark on the details.

Multiple times this month, Trump has said he’s working on crime legislation with GOP congressional leaders. His latest comment came early Wednesday morning when he posted on Truth Social that he is working with Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Republican lawmakers on a “Comprehensive Crime Bill” with “more to follow.”

There have been some early conversations between White House officials and House GOP leadership aides about legislation related to Trump’s public-safety crackdown in Washington as well as certain other crime provisions.

But Trump’s latest comments have puzzled Republicans, including members of leadership and key congressional committees, who don’t know what “comprehensive” measure the president is talking about, according to seven Republicans granted anonymity to speak candidly.

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