Congress should seize control of DC
The world judges a country by its capital. Paris, London and Rome are showcases of national ambition and a source of pride. How might one judge the United States after visiting Washington, DC? Corrupt, lawless and increasingly unsafe after dark? In a city meant to project strength and stability, one finds instead great domes and marble colonnades sharing the streets with open-air crime scenes. This July, a 21-year-old congressional intern, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, was shot to death after being caught in an ongoing dispute between two rival groups. In 2023, Phillip Todd, a staffer for Senator Rand Paul took a knife to the chest.
