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Lawmakers and Their Staff Receive Warning As Crime Skyrockets in DC


According to a Newsmax report, lawmakers and their staff in Washington, DC, have been warned to protect themselves as the city’s crime rates keep climbing. In an informational security briefing, House Administration Committee Chair Representative Bryan Steil explained that everyone thinks “differently” when they’re the victim of a crime.

He pointed out that the main goal is to prevent anyone from becoming a victim by providing the proper tools. In the briefing, which his committee hosted, Steil also noted this is not enough and claimed there are many policies the city needs to solve its crime problem.

Steil explained that many other cities across the United States are experiencing the same issue as the capital, and that he and many of his friends and family members have been victims of crime. He pointed out that one of the scariest things that happened to him was during his time as a staffer on Capitol Hill in 2004 when he and his friends were robbed at the front of his porch at gunpoint. The GOP Wisconsin representative told attendees this happened in the middle of a barbecue.

According to different reports, car thefts and homicides have skyrocketed in Washington, DC, along with many other crimes. Back in March, a staffer for Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul was brutally stabbed while walking across the capital city’s H Street Corridor. A month before that incident, Minnesota Democratic Representative Angie Craig was severely injured after being assaulted inside an elevator of her apartment building.

Law enforcement officials also advised attendees to never get distracted by their smartphones and to avoid talking with strangers or even walking with other people. Pemberton also told congressional staffers and lawmakers that those who currently claim that crime in the city is lower than in the 1990s are lying.

I went to a social gathering to network with other folks who travel solo or in group, basically to learn from each others experiences. This guy came up to me and started talking. Over the next 30 mins, he just went on and on about his job, his apartment that he owns and the three side businesses he runs. He also tried inquiring if I was interested in having kids later in my life. Basically, he was selling himself and trying to gauge if I fit in his "requirements". He happened to ask for my phone number and I gave it. I know that I have to learn to say no and I have decided what to do next time some guy asks and I'm not willing to give. Out of being polite, I just continued the conversation and at one point, I moved into a group of guys and girls to avoid talking to him one-on-one. I did notice that he was also exchanging numbers with another girl in the group. Seems like a player.

Anyways, so he texted me the time I shared my number and I didn't read those messages indicating to him that I'm not interested. He texted me again a few hours ago asking how my week is going and if I'm free for coffee on Sunday morning. I haven't opened the message to read it as it flashed on my phone screen and I was able to read it there. So, now he thinks that I haven't read his message.

I do not want to talk or meet him. Should I just ghost him? I know its not mature thing to do but I'm done being nice already.

1. We’re not talking about someone who is uninterested bc a lot of people just don’t have the guts to directly say NO. It sucks, but Fair enough.

2. There are indeed a lot of people who get off on mutually playing mind games with each other so we’re not discussing them either.

We’re discussing scenario # 3. Two people LIKE each other but one is being direct and the other refuses. Won’t or can’t, I don't know.

I think with most people without being a genius or even particularly clever, you can very easily infer that when a person is being open & honest & direct, they don’t want to play games & doing so will most likely turn them off towards the other person…

SO I have difficulty understanding in this instance, what the ‘other person’ finds advantageous about being secretive, and why they may insist on it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I see it _alot_ in other pol as well I’ve experienced it first hand. I’ve never found any explanations after the fact - when they were offered- to really make sense, and they seemed more of an attempt at damage control than “ coming clean”

so I’m wondering if there’s some kind of unconscious work at play..

Assuming they are not jerks, Perhaps these people are simply not good at acting deliberately so even little things seem burdensome and they are reluctant to respond even if doing so could be beneficial, I don't know?