Jen Psaki Slams DC Crime Crackdown as 'Window Dressing'

Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, now an MSNBC host, has dismissed President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department aimed at reducing crime, calling it superficial. 

Speaking on her show The Briefing Room this week, the 46-yeaer-old Psaki criticized the initiative while living in a $2 million, six-bedroom mansion in a safe D.C. suburb, far from the city’s crime-ridden Wards 7 and 8.

Psaki claimed that D.C. residents oppose Trump’s crackdown, highlighting protests and signs from anti-police and ICE activists. She expressed approval of actions like bystanders creating signs in a CVS to warn drivers of ICE checkpoints, directing them to avoid federal agents. 

However, she omitted her residence in a neighborhood recently dubbed “one of the safest places in America,” distant from Wards 7 and 8, where over half of D.C.’s murders occurred last year. A survey indicated over 900 residents in these wards feel unsafe at all hours, with 40% of children living in poverty.

Psaki labeled the federal intervention, which includes stopping cars for minor violations like seatbelt issues or broken taillights, as “window dressing.” She questioned its effectiveness, suggesting the stops are “probably” aimed at checking immigration status rather than addressing crime. Her remarks come as her show struggles, having lost nearly half of Rachel Maddow’s audience in her 9 p.m. timeslot since her MSNBC debut.