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Crime in Washington, DC, has soared 23 percent at the beginning of 2023 compared to 2022 after officials reduced criminal punishments.

Washington, D.C.'s Revised Criminal Code Act, which softens penalties for a wide range of criminal offenses within the district, is controversial to say the least.

Thirty-one Democrats crossed party lines and voted with the GOP on the criminal code measure and forty-two Democrats voted to disapprove of the voting rights measure

Democrat Rep. Angie Craig, who was assaulted in her D.C. apartment, spoke out about her attacker being set free 12 previous times before her attack.

Republican Jim Jordan caused a splash on social media with a tweet after the House of Representatives voted to overturn a Washington D.C. bill allowing non-citizens to vote.

That is not the way anyone wants to start their morning, and thank God she’s okay. Absolutely horrible. @RepAngieCraig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building in DC this morning...

 

Just hours after Rep. Angie Craig was assaulted in her D.C. apartment, she and 31 Democrats voted in favor of a resolution to block D.C.'s new criminal code.

Thursday morning attack

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