RealClearPolitics has the transcript of a discussion between host Mika Brzezinski, and guest Chris Matthews on the MSNBC Morning Joe program. They actually admit DC needs more and better policing. Matthews speaks.
I think this is about the suburbs and the rural areas against the big cities. I think Trump knows that people are afraid to go into big cities, to go to a Phillies game. They talk about it. They don't want to go downtown. They don't want to, they don't trust the situation.
So politically, I think this strengthens his red power in the rural parts of Pennsylvania and Scranton and Bethlehem and Allentown. Those people are going to look at this headline and say, it's about time somebody is doing something about D.C.
About big cities, why do you suppose people move to the suburbs? They may have to work downtown but they sure as heck don't want to live in and expose their families to urban conditions. Those who can manage it go farther out, to the exurbs.
Honestly, most would prefer to also work in the suburbs and avoid the city entirely. Not having to live in a large city is a privilege, not having to commute to a job there is even a bigger privilege, these are things to achieve, bucket list items.
I consider myself very fortunate to live in two very small towns. One is a city in name only, a former rural country club development having 3-4 golf courses but essentially no businesses within its city limits.
The other is a 'Palm Springs-of-the-Rockies' retiree haven spread loosely across the desert nearly 100 miles northeast of Las Vegas. It is big enough to support a supermarket, a Walmart, eight golf courses, and a small regional hospital, population maybe 25,000.
I don't even play golf, but life is good. I know what I like, and I've got it. I wish you the same.