Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 22, 2025
DC has a crime problem … do we honestly think DC has the worst crime problem in the United States? No.
Said by
Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina
Source
cnn.com

Editor's note · Context

Tillis criticized the deployment of troops to DC, highlighting higher crime rates in other cities.

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