BREAKING: Trump moves to end no cash bail across the country

"This dire public safety crisis stems directly from the abject failures of the city’s local leadership. The radical left city council adopted no cash bail," Trump said, noting cities that have adopted such policies like Chicago and New York City. "Somebody murders somebody, and they’re out on no cash bail before the day is out."

"But we're going to change no cash bail. We're going to change the statute and get rid of some of the other things, and we'll count on the Republicans in Congress and Senate to vote. We have the majority, so we'll vote."

He later added, "Cashless bail. Watch what we do with that. Today, we're formally declaring a public safety emergency. This is an emergency." Trump said it was "embarrassing for me to be up here, you know, I'm going to see Putin. I'm going to Russia on Friday. I don't like being up here talking about how unsafe and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was, with graffiti all over the walls. It's another part of it, by the way, because we're talking about safety. We're also talking about beautification."

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said, "I'm not going to stand here and go over and over the cases, but what I can tell you is this, I see too much violent crime being committed by young punks who think that they can get together in gangs and crews and beat the hell out of you or anyone else. They don't care where they are. They can be in Dupont Circle, but they know that we can't touch them. Why? Because the laws are weak."

"I can't touch you if you're 14, 15, 16, 17 years old and you have a gun. I convict someone of shooting another person with an illegal gun on a public bus in the chest, intent to kill. I convict him. And you know what the judge gives him? Probation, says you should go to college. We need to go after the DC Council and their absurd laws. We need to get rid of this concept of, you know, no cash bail. We need to recognize that the people who matter are the law-abiding citizens. And it starts today, but it's not going to end today, because the President is going to do everything we need to do to make sure that these emboldened criminals understand we see you. We're watching you, and we're going to change the law to catch you."

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