IndyCar Rumor: Series eyes possible race in Washington, D.C.

Now that President Trump has sent the National Guard into Washington, D.C., and cleaned up the crime-laden town run by soft-on-crime Democrats, it is safe enough to now consider a street race there.

In this Fox video report, SBJ’s Adam Stern discusses some of the venues IndyCar is considering, including Washington, DC.

Ironically, the video repeatedly shows a Prema IndyCar slamming into a concrete barrier on a street course, a rather embarrassing look for the series.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser initially expressed fear of President Donald Trump’s plan to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital, but its clear success made her change her mind.

After Trump announced his plans to deploy National Guard troops and assume oversight of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to tackle rising crime in Washington, D.C., Bowser warned such a crackdown would be “unsettling and unprecedented.”

However, the mayor admitted at a press conference on Wednesday that the federal surge has made a noticeable impact on one of America’s most famously dangerous cities.

She pointed to one dramatic example, saying, “For carjackings, the difference between this period, this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents an 87% reduction in carjackings in Washington, D.C. We know that when carjackings go down, when use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer. So, this surge has been important to us for that reason.”

Bowser offered further examples of Trump’s new surge driving results.

“This is what we think in just a couple of weeks of experience has worked,” she said. “Having more federal law enforcement officers on the street — we think having more stops that got to illegal guns has helped. We think that there is more accountability in the system, or at least perceived accountability in the system, that is driving down illegal behavior. We know that we have had fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides, and we have experienced an extreme reduction in carjackings.”