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Politico Pushes New Hoax, Claiming “Moped Driver” was Randomly Arrested by “Group of Masked Law Enforcement Officers” – WH Press Sec Fires Back with Facts on Illegal Alien Gangster who Assaulted Police

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President Trump announces plan to stop violent crime in Washington, DC – August 11, 2025

Far-left Politico was busted pushing a hoax about Trump’s federal crime crackdown in their periodical “Playbook” newsletter on Saturday, and the paper was publicly issued a correction from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. 

This comes after President Trump’s declaration of a “public safety emergency” in the nation’s capital, which federalized the DC police force and deployed hundreds of National Guard troops and federal agents on the streets to tackle the rampant crime, homelessness, and illegal immigration crises. President Trump declared last Monday that it was “Liberation Day in DC” and, already, hundreds of criminals have been taken off the streets, along with multiple drugs and weapons seizures.

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, West Virginia, Ohio, and South Carolina have pledged hundreds of troops each, in line with his Presidential memorandum authorizing state governors to send their troops, to help President Trump make DC safe again.

South Carolina and Ohio Join West Virginia in Sending National Guard Troops to Washington DC

Politico reported that "a group of masked law enforcement officers arrested a moped driver" as pedestrians and onlookers demanded answers from the officers. The report, which makes the incident appear to be a random kidnapping and violation of the "moped driver's" rights, continues, "they took the moped driver into an unmarked SUV and spirited him off, destination unknown."

Karoline Leavitt said the piece was "written to fear DC residents into believing federal law enforcement randomly arrested an innocent 'moped driver.'”

Per Politico:

THE IN-BETWEEN: Yesterday morning, just off of 14th Street NW, a group of masked law enforcement officers arrested a moped driver. Onlookers stood near a coffee shop and the entrance to a luxury condo building, recording the altercation on their phones; WaPo reporter Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff was among them. Shouts from the crowd that the officers — whose vests read simply “police” — identify the agency with which they were affiliated were dismissed. “Do I have to answer to you?” one officer barked back, his question rhetorical. “You’ve gotta answer to somebody,” yelled a pedestrian. The officers never identified themselves, never provided their badge numbers, never revealed their agency. They took the moped driver into an unmarked SUV and spirited him off, destination unknown. A block away, the weekend brunch service at Le Diplomate continued without interruption.

Welcome to the first weekend of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on Washington, D.C., which, serious as it has been, is just a prelude — and things could quickly get much more intense.

Three Republican-led states — West Virginia, Ohio and South Carolina — “said Saturday they will send up to 750 National Guard troops to join 800 already mobilized in D.C.,” WaPo’s Karen DeYoung and Gaya Gupta report. It’s not a leap to imagine that other GOP states will scramble to follow suit, given the chance to publicly and tangibly show their support for the Trump administration: “Trump: Yes or no?” continues to be the dividing line defining American politics.

And troops deployed to DC “are preparing to start carrying weapons in the coming days,” WSJ’s Vera Bergengruen and colleagues scooped, “a major shift that comes days after President Trump said he was deploying them to ‘take back’ the capital from what he described as violent criminals.”

Leavitt fired back, condemning the far-left media outlet for refusing to conduct due diligence by asking the White House for more information, and she notified them that the suspect was a criminal illegal alien and potential cartel-affiliated designated foreign terrorist.

Additionally, "the Illegal Alien Criminal resisted arrest and a law enforcement officer suffered a concussion as a result," she said.

@Politico Playbook today was written to fear DC residents into believing federal law enforcement randomly arrested an innocent “moped driver.”

If Politico had reached out to the White House for comment before publishing, we could have provided them with the facts:

The “moped driver” was an Illegal Alien Criminal from Venezuela with suspected gang affiliation and an active final order of removal from the country. Upon his arrest, the Illegal Alien Criminal resisted arrest and a law enforcement officer suffered a concussion as a result.

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Victor Reacts: These Boys Deserve a Medal, Not A Suspension (VIDEO)

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These boys did the right thing and they are being punished for it.

They deserve to get a medal for what they did, not a suspension.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

The radical madness in Loudoun County, Virginia, just hit a new low. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has decided to SUSPEND two boys at Stone Bridge High School, not because they misbehaved, not because they broke the law, but because they dared to ask why a girl was in the boys’ locker room.

The school’s Title IX Office determined the boys were guilty of “sexual harassment” and “sex-based discrimination.”

Their punishment? A 10-day suspension, a no-contact order with the female student, forced meetings with administrators, and a permanent smear on their academic records that could destroy their college prospects.

This happens at a time when young men are constantly lectured about how they are the problem by virtue of being a male and their inherent “toxic masculinity.”

Those who do not bend the knee to the woke gender mob are punished for doing the right thing in a world gone crazy.

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WATCH: Trump Slams Newsom and Pritzker When Asked About Ensuring Future Peace in Ukraine Following his Presidency – “Get a Good President, Not One of These Wackos Like in California”

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(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

President Trump slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, warning Americans that if they want to hold Russia at bay, “all you can do is hope you don’t get that as President.”

“All you can do is make sure you get a good president not, one of these wackos, like in California that runs the worst state anybody’s seen, or that guy in Illinois, who his family threw him out of the business because he was no good,” Trump said when asked how to handle Russia in the future.

Pritzker, he said, has “zero chance,” but “Maybe Newscum has a little bit of a chance.”

As noted by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday, “Under George W. Bush, Russia invaded Georgia. Under Barack Obama, Russia took Crimea. Under Joe Biden, Russia invaded Ukraine, but under President Trump, Russia did not invade, nor take anything.” She continued, “President Trump is the only President this century, Republican or Democrat, who has held Russia in check and ensured peace in Europe.”

It was Biden, of course, who started the war to begin with. Putin even agreed that the war would have never started if Trump were President at the time Russia invaded! “In 2022, during the last contact with the previous administration, I tried to convince my previous American colleague that the situation should not be brought to the point of no return when it would come to hostilities,” Putin said during a press conference with Trump.

The President appeared on Fox and Friends on Tuesday morning following the historic peace summit at the White House on Monday, where he engaged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other big leaders from Europe in peace negotiations.

This followed Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska, where the two came to an agreement to end the war, pending Ukraine and NATO negotiations.

After meeting with Zelensky and seven European allies, Trump called Putin, and he agreed to meet with Zelensky in a bilateral summit and later with Trump and Zelensky.

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, President Trump discussed his phone call with the Fox and Friends panel.

WATCH: Trump Discusses Phone Call with Putin on Fox and Friends – Reveals Putin had “No Communication with the White House for Years” Under Biden and “Wouldn’t Talk to the People from Europe”

Fox co-host Ainsley Earhardt also asked the President how the US will ensure that Putin "doesn't inch in closer" or invade Ukraine, and his answer was very simple: Don't get a weak President.

Trump then highlighted some of the "superstars" in his administration, signaling that any one of them could be the next presidential nominee. "We have a great bench, as you know that, we have great talent," he said.

WATCH:

Earhardt: There was a lot of talk yesterday when we were watching this about what happens after your presidency. How can we ensure that this conflict, that Putin doesn't inch in closer or more into the Ukraine territory? Is there anything that we can do? Can our can our congressmen and women pass any laws that would involve Article Five? How would that be handled?

Trump: All you can do is make sure you get a good president not, one of these wackos, like in California that runs the worst state anybody’s seen, or that guy in Illinois, who his family threw him out of the business because he was no good. Now he's running Illinois, and he wants to run for president. He's got zero chance. Maybe Newscum has a little bit of a chance, I don't know. It's hard to believe, because his record’s bad, but all you can do is hope you don't get that as President. We have a great bench, as you know that, we have great talent. And JD, and Marco, and Scott Bessent has been great, and Howard— they're all, I mean, we have such superstars.

Remember this, take a look at the border. The border was a disaster. Millions of people were pouring through, open border. Within two months, it was perfect, and within, now, every week, every month, they say zero people. Zero people are coming in illegally. We were taking people from prisons all over the world, gang members, insane asylum, mental patients from the worst insane asylums in the world, dropped into our to our place. So, now we have a very secure border, beautiful border. I built hundreds of miles of wall. Without that, we couldn't have secured border.

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DEVELOPING: Texas Capitol Evacuated Amid Active Shooter Threat

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A part of the Texas Capitol was evacuated on Tuesday evening amid an active shooter threat.

A protest erupted after Democrat State Rep. Nicole Collier slept in the state Capitol last night to protest the Texas DPS escort amid a redistricting fight with GOP state lawmakers.

Texas Democrats returned to the Capitol on Monday after fleeing to Illinois for two weeks in an effort to block GOP redistricting efforts.

More Texas Democrats are expected to join Rep. Collier and sleep in the state Capitol tonight.

Rep. Collier waved to her supporters from the window on Tuesday. She is locked in amid the active shooter threat.

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Kamala Harris called Texas Rep. Collier and encouraged her to keep going with her stunt.

CBS Austin reported:

Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.

The building itself was shut down, prompting a protest in support of Representative Nicole Collier to move outside.

Despite the partial closure of the Capitol, the grounds initially remained open, allowing Representative Nicole Collier to wave to her supporters from a window.

Protest organizer Melody Tremallo said she was shown a video of the threat. “The captain came up to me and informed me that there was likely going to be… likely going to clear out the Capitol building on the grounds due to an imminent shooter threat. I was shown the video of somebody whose rhetoric basically went to the effect of…,” Tremallo said, and then CBS Austin’s reporter Andrew Freeman heard DPS announce it was closing the grounds.

DEVELOPING…

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