Homelessness shatters lives and blights communities. Clearing encampments without addressing shortages of housing and care won't work (via @opinion) https://t.co/guZN6E44y3 ...

We're moving the encampments away. There are many places that they can go and we're going to help them as much as you can help. President Trump says federal officials will be removing homeless encampments across Washington DC as part of his effort to quote clean up the nation's capital and make it great again.In the past, the president said his administration would give people places to stay far from Washington DC. And yesterday, the White House press secretary said unsheltered people could also be jailed. ...

I think it's a political loser to say that Washington doesn't have its problems. Um the numbers may be going down in some ways, but Washington, just like a lot of other major cities, has an issue with homelessness. It has an issue with people who are addicted to drugs who are in the streets.And there have in the past been court rulings that really tied city officials hands in its ability to respond to the problem in an effective way. And that's where the National Guard and the president may have more sway, ...

All right, with us we have special correspondent at Vanity Fair and host of the Fast Politics podcast, Molly Jung Fast. The president of the National Action Network and host of MSNBC's Politics Nation, Reverend Al Sharpton. And former MSNBC host Chris Matthews joins us. His Substack is entitled Hard Ball with Chris Matthews. We love it. And Chris, um, you also served as a Capitol cop in DC. Um, I want to ask you not just your take about this move by President Trump, what what you feel about it. Um, but also ...

Regarding the president's efforts in Washington DC, do you have any specifics about how homeless people will be dealt with, where they would be moved to. What What does this look like. I do.Yes. And it's an important question. So, thank you for raising it.Um, the Metropolitan Police Department with the support of the new federal agencies who have been surging on the streets of the District of Columbia are going to enforce the laws that are already on the books here in Washington DC. For far too long, these ...

Give us a home. How about that. How about just giving people that need a home inside.Then we'd be inside. You just want to just throw us to the rats. I don't want to be homeless. I don't want to crowd anyone. I don't want to use anyone.I just want to be in a place to live. You never know why a person is homeless. I was home, rendered homeless for sure cuz my house was caught on. ...

Let me just add a couple things here. Uh, one is I think we're all sort of in agreement that the city needs to feel safer. That a surge in resources obviously would help would help in any city really. I mean, you have a surge in resources, uh, you clamp down on crime.That's a good thing. But in defense of DC, uh, to Eugene's point, uh, this is a dramatically different city than even when I moved in in 2004. Uh, back then Street was nothing. H Street was nothing.They've become vibrant. Uh, great places to li ...

Trump demands homeless people 'immediately' move out of Washington DC https://t.co/A7JFVyqA3w ...

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