Eric Swalwell’s Trump Attack Hilariously Backfires

While Democrats are facing the largest exodus of American voters it has ever seen, Rep. Eric Swalwell might have just made matters even worse with his latest attack on President Donald Trump. In a post shared on social media platform X, Swalwell ripped the president for his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., police and the deployment of National Guard troops.

“It’s been 10 days since Trump militarized DC. Crime is on the rise. Trump owns it,” the post reads. However, despite his claims, video clips have been going viral showing law enforcement taking criminals off the streets in large numbers, with many of them being illegal aliens, according to Twitchy.

It’s been 10 days since Trump militarized DC. Crime is on the rise. Trump owns it. pic.twitter.com/z1jKtBUsxg

— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) August 21, 2025

The report then takes a big swipe at Swalwell, reminding him that just because arrest numbers spike doesn’t mean crime is going up. The outlet then pointed out what the last week has looked like.

🚨 MUST WATCH: "DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS IN CRIME" in D.C.

"For the first time in a long time, D.C. has gone 7 days without a homicide — and that's not all… Carjackings are down 83%. Robberies are down 46%. Car thefts, down 21% — and overall violent crime is down 22%" pic.twitter.com/UT3Zviyu6e

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 21, 2025

As of the time of this writing, DC has been without a single murder for an entire week, which has not happened since March, according to Fox News. For additional context, when Rudy Giuliani was in his first term as mayor of New York City, there was a 60 percent drop in the murder rate, followed by a drop of 56 percent in overall violent crime, all within a two-year span.

One of the moves that contributed most to the mayor’s success is that he immediately shut down adult movie theaters located in Times Square. After this act, the drugs, prostitution, and violence cooled off.

Many are now asking why the kind of steps being taken, following the federal government’s intervention, weren’t tried by blue cities before. The same strategy used in New York back in the early 1990s, flooding the streets with law enforcement, is working just as well in DC today, according to Fox columnist David Marcus.

Part of the reason these actions weren’t taken sooner, Marcus points out, is liberal backlash to the policies when they were implemented at the time. Liberals pushed for cashless bail, reduced police forces, and George Soros-funded district attorneys, which led to the loss of many gains won in the battle against crime, he wrote.

Many of Trump’s supporters wonder if other major cities in the country will take similar measures on their own to try and lower crime rates. For those up for re-election in those areas, it seems like a smart choice to make, they concluded.