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Washington‚ D.C.‚ is becoming an embarrassment to the nation. A horrific story that made national headlines illustrates what the city is becoming. A would-be carjacker shot a former Trump administration official in the head Jan. 29 at the beginning of an insane‚ violent romp through the city. Mike Gill‚ who served as the chief of staff at the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission‚ died Feb. 5. He was a married father of three. According to The Hill website‚ Artell Cunningham not only shot Gill before abandoning the car‚ he then tried to carjack another person an hour later. After Cunningham fled the aftermath of his first attempted carjacking‚ “police said he then approached another man and woman in their car in Northeast D.C. about 10 minutes later and demanded the keys‚ before shooting the man and fleeing the scene.” The man later died‚ The Hill reported. “That car was later discovered in Maryland’s Prince George’s County‚ where police said Cunningham attempted two other carjackings‚” according to The Hill. “At around 3 a.m. [Jan. 30]‚ he was seen driving one of the carjacked vehicles on the highway and shot at a police cruiser.” Cunningham was eventually found by police and reportedly “produced two handguns.” The police shot him‚ and he subsequently died at a hospital. This maniac was literally acting as though the Grand Theft Auto video game was real life. Insane stories like this have become commonplace in Washington. In fact‚ crime and dysfunction have become so pervasive that even the typically dismissive left-wing media have taken notice. Of course‚ they’ve tried to frame the problem as an outlier‚ not at all tied to the ideology of the people who now run most big cities in America. Violent crime is dramatically higher in this country following the riots of 2020‚ and that’s simply a fact. But the problem just happens to be particularly acute in the District of Columbia‚ a reality that former President Donald Trump rightly pointed out on Monday. He made a comment about his ongoing trial in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit regarding the 2020 election‚ then mentioned the state of the city. Trump called into question the District’s basic notions of justice. He said that not only can he not get a fair trial there‚ he also called for a “federal takeover of this filthy and crime-ridden embarrassment to our nation.” Good for Trump. He’s saying out loud what a lot of Americans are thinking. Forget “D.C. statehood.” It’s more worthwhile asking whether the District’s 50-year experiment in “home rule” is a total failure. Of all the dysfunctional big‚ blue cities‚ the nation’s capital appears to disintegrating the most rapidly. National Review did a quick rundown of the numbers: D.C. police have reported 49 carjackings and nine homicides so far in the new year. In 2023‚ overall crime increased 26 percent over 2022. That includes major increases in property crime (24 percent)‚ violent crime (39 percent)‚ and motor-vehicle theft (82 percent). The city also saw more homicides in 2023 than in any year since 1997. As I wrote in January‚ carjacking doubled in 2023 compared with the previous year‚ with a staggering 959 reported. There were “just” 152 carjackings in 2019. The escalation of violent crime has been so bad that even the District’s normally out-to-lunch City Council has been pushed to show it’s doing something about it. The D.C. Council voted on Tuesday to move forward on a crime bill that would stiffen penalties for some crimes. For instance‚ it would create a few “drug-free” zones and make stealing from stores then returning those items for a refund a felony. That’s good‚ I suppose. But it’s hard not to look at the list of proposals and wonder why those weren’t already laws on the books. Also‚ given the attitude of city leaders and the initial pushback on the legislation‚ there’s a good chance that the most effective proposals never get written into law or implemented. It’s impossible to have faith in city leaders who tried to lower the penalties for carjackings amid a historic carjacking crisis. The only thing that stopped them was an act of Congress. The District’s jailbreak mentality on crime was on display at a public hearing on Jan. 30. D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb was hounded about the explosion of crime. His response to angry residents was that the city needed to be more focused on “prevention” and providing “young people and their families with resources.” Schwalb then added‚ referring to the crime spike: “We cannot prosecute and arrest our way out of it.” During a panel‚ DC residents voiced their frustrations and demanded accountability from city leaders in addressing the violent crime epidemic that's plaguing our nation’s capital.DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s response: “We cannot prosecute and arrest our way out of it.” pic.twitter.com/hEUT8GG7Al— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) January 31‚ 2024 Sometimes I wish local newscasts would add a laugh track for absurd times like these. Yes‚ Mr. Attorney General‚ maybe you should consider the novel “prosecute criminals” approach. It’s a crazy idea‚ I know‚ but why not give it a shot? The rise in carjackings isn’t happening because people are poor and hungry. It’s happening because criminals—mostly teens—want to take the cars for joyrides‚ and gangs are encouraging them. This isn’t about poor people being desperate to feed themselves; it’s about a climate of criminality that’s been allowed to fester in the nation’s capital. The source of this nonsense is ideology. The District’s leaders have signaled that political enemies of the regime are to be punished to the maximum extent of the law. Meanwhile‚ they reward their friends and allow criminals to use the city as a vast‚ lawless playground. The District doesn’t have justice‚ so there will be no peace. Given that the Founders created the city for the purpose of creating a safe and secure place for the representatives of the American people to work and deliberate‚ it can’t simply be allowed to fall into ruins. Perhaps this crime bill is the beginning of a big change from city leadership. But I’ll bet that future federal interventions are more than likely going to prove necessary. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Trump Is Right: DC Has Become a ‘Crime-Ridden Embarrassment’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes contends that his state’s “bifurcated ballot system” requiring proof of citizenship to vote in state elections‚ but not federal ones‚ has worked effectively. An oath of legal eligibility taken by voters for federal elections for Congress and president is entirely sufficient‚ Fontes says.  “We have the strictest regime in the country when it comes to noncitizens not being able to vote‚” Fontes‚ a Democrat elected in 2022‚ told The Daily Signal. “We have a system where documented proof of citizenship has to be submitted [for state and local elections]‚ and it’s a very cumbersome system. That’s what the law requires and we’ll continue to follow it. It’s far more thorough than we see just about anywhere.” Arizona‚ which Donald Trump carried in the 2016 presidential election and Joe Biden carried in 2020‚ is a closely watched battleground state in 2024.  Last month‚ Arizona’s election system garnered increased scrutiny when billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk posted on his social media platform X‚ formerly Twitter: “Arizona clearly states that no proof of citizenship is required for federal elections.” Arizona clearly states that no proof of citizenship is required for federal elections https://t.co/qZWamvFPHP— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9‚ 2024 Although that’s technically correct‚ no other state requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections‚ either. Arizona‚ however‚ requires that proof before someone may vote in state and local elections. That’s because in 2013‚ the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in the case of Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz. Inc. that the National Voter Registration Act‚ also known as the motor voter law‚ determined that every state must accept the same standardized voter registration forms for federal elections. However‚ the ruling‚ written by then-Justice Antonin Scalia‚ determined that Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to vote could apply to state and local elections‚ but not federal ones.  As a result‚ Arizona uses two different ballots for state and federal elections. An Arizona resident with documented proof of citizenship may vote using both ballots. An Arizona voter without proof of citizenship may still vote for president and Congress in a federal election.  A total of 32‚487 Arizona voters participate only in federal elections‚ according to a report in December from the news outlet Votebeat‚ which covers election administration. In the 2020 presidential election in Arizona‚ more than 5‚600 federal-only voters voted‚ Just the News reported.  Fontes‚ who took questions from The Daily Signal after speaking Tuesday at a National Association of Election Officials event in Washington‚ argues that keeping separate ballots isn’t a problem. “We’ve got it all figured out‚” Fontes said. “It’s one list [of voters] and we classify the voters with whether or not they’ve got their stuff [proof of citizenship]. We’ve been doing it for a while.” Arizona’s secretary of state said there is no reason not to trust voters.  “It’s interesting to me that folks don’t think that an oath is enough. I find that curiously doubtful and I find that disturbing‚” Fontes told The Daily Signal. “If we are not going to take our fellow citizens at their word‚ if we are not going to trust at all—a little skepticism is OK‚ but this is the basis of our civil society. This is the basis of our courts and military service and everything else. We trust because that’s what we are required to do as a civilization. To inject all this mistrust constantly‚ this drumbeat of doubt‚ with zero evidence to back up the doubt‚ that’s what I have a problem with.” But Fontes is allowing a loophole to become worse in Arizona’s voting system‚ countered Ken Cuccinelli‚ chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative‚ a watchdog group.  “Leave it to the most radical‚ far-Left administration in the history of Arizona state government to exacerbate a loophole allowing noncitizens to vote in the state’s March GOP presidential primary‚” Cuccinelli‚ a former Virginia attorney general who was acting deputy homeland security secretary in the Trump administration‚ told The Daily Signal in a written statement.  “When it comes to illegal aliens who have flooded across our open border at unprecedented levels in recent years‚ so-called ‘honor systems’ don’t work—just like the system whereby those who have entered our country illegally are released from custody and allowed to resettle on a promise to appear at a court date months or years down the line‚” Cuccinelli said.  Specifically‚ Arizona’s proof of citizenship requirement‚ posted on the secretary of state’s website‚ says: “A person must be a U.S. citizen in order to register and vote.”  But the provision goes on to say: “A person is not required to submit proof of citizenship with the voter registration form‚ but failure to do so means the person will only be eligible to vote in federal elections (known as being a ‘federal only’ voter). A ‘federal only’ voter will become eligible to vote a ‘full ballot’ in all federal‚ state‚ county and local elections if he or she later provides valid proof of citizenship to the appropriate County Recorder’s office.” Arizona had a roadmap to bring the case before the Supreme Court again to reverse the 2013 decision‚ said J. Christian Adams‚ president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation‚ an election integrity group. Multiple governors and secretaries of state never attempted to get the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s approval to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.  “Arizona did what they thought they should do after the Supreme Court case‚ to bifurcate the registration system‚” Adams told The Daily Signal. “What they didn’t do—which Justice Scalia invited them to do—was try to have the EAC [Election Assistance Commission] approve state-level instructions for citizenship. Scalia said if they deny you‚ then bring the case back and we will overturn their denial. But Arizona never followed through and did that.”  Adams also said that the problem of noncitizen voting in the United States doesn’t arise because of illegal immigrants but because of legal noncitizens with green cards and visas who either get swept up in voter registration drives or by errors at motor vehicle offices in states across the country‚ Adams added.  “Historically‚ illegal aliens don’t want to walk into a voting office and register‚” Adams told The Daily Signal. “It’s people who are here legally who get sucked into the system.” “People who are here illegally are scared of the system‚” he said. “They don’t want to get into it‚ so they hide. They hide in basements and railroad cars. They don’t go to a voter registration office. It’s people who are already here that are the problem.” Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post ‘Got It All Figured Out’: Arizona’s Election Chief Defends Split Rules on Proving Citizenship to Vote appeared first on The Daily Signal.