On September 8, Trump exaggerated the merits of his D.C. takeover, claiming crime decreased to “virtually nothing.” But he was frustrated because the statistics included “lesser things” like domestic violence. “They’ll do anything they can to find something,” he complained. “If a man has a little fight with the wife they say ‘this was a crime, see?’ So now I can’t claim 100%.”
These “little fights” affect 24 victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) per minute, 12 million yearly in the U.S. Over 40% of Black women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes, and are six times more likely to be killed than white women. And blood is on the state’s hands, even when violence is intraracial.
The IPV-to-prison pipeline is stark. Ninety-five percent of incarcerated women are survivors of domestic and sexual violence. But President “Grab ’em by the p****” doesn’t care about crime.
The man responsible for political turmoil, wants his political adversaries punished. Hoping to “indemnify” killer police, he wants residents of Black cities on death row. And though a rapist and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Trump still harasses the Exonerated Five decades later, and dehumanizes Black youth.
Calling out this track record isn’t just about Trump. It’s about breaking through layers of copaganda designed to hurt, not help, victims of violence. Authorities aren't the arbiters of truth on gender-based violence. Survivors are.