Valuetainment - August 08, 2025


＂Rotting From The Inside＂ - Trump THREATENS To Federalize DC After DOGE's 'Big Balls' Beaten


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Trump threatens to Federalize D.C. after attack on Doge team member, a 19-year-old former employee of the Department of Government, who was severely beaten to the point of concussion while defending a woman from assault near DuPont Circle.

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00:00:00.000 Trump threatens to federalize D.C. after attack on Doge Stafford.
00:00:05.300 That's a Guardian story.
00:00:06.840 So he is threatening to strip its local governors, citing rampant youth crime after an alleged assault on Edward Corristine,
00:00:17.420 a 19-year-old former staffer of the Department of Government Efficiencies who was severely beaten to the point of concussion
00:00:23.360 while defending a woman from assault near DuPont Circle.
00:00:28.100 Crime in D.C.
00:00:29.380 And here's what he's talking about.
00:00:30.460 A Trump threats to federalize, backed by Elon Musk, the assault on Doge team members.
00:00:34.780 We're going to see what's going to happen here.
00:00:36.720 And in 2000, a Lafayette score, though fully suspending D.C.'s home rule established in 1973,
00:00:43.060 would likely require congressional legislation.
00:00:46.720 And we'll see if that will happen or not.
00:00:47.960 Rob, is that a tweet of his?
00:00:49.280 I have a tweet and video.
00:00:50.480 So let's watch the video and then I'll read the tweet.
00:00:52.160 Go for it.
00:00:52.920 By the way, I have to say that somebody from Doge was very badly hurt last night.
00:00:56.500 You saw that a young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs in D.C.
00:01:02.000 And either they're going to straighten their act out in terms of government and in terms of protection,
00:01:06.800 or we're going to have to federalize and run it the way it's supposed to be run.
00:01:10.240 Can you go to this tweet, Rob, and we'll break this down.
00:01:13.720 So crime in D.C. is out of control.
00:01:15.740 Local youth gang members, some only 14, 15, 16-year-olds, are randomly attacking, mugging and miming
00:01:21.240 and shooting innocent citizens at the same time, knowing that they will be almost immediately released.
00:01:26.520 They are not afraid of law enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them,
00:01:30.360 but it's going to happen now.
00:01:31.480 The law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these minors as adults
00:01:35.060 and lock them up for a long time starting at the age of 14.
00:01:37.740 The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs.
00:01:42.220 D.C. must be safe, clean, and beautiful for all Americans and, importantly, for the world to see.
00:01:46.360 If D.C. doesn't get its act together quickly, we'll have no choice.
00:01:49.200 And then he goes into the messaging there.
00:01:51.200 So now, Tom, what does it mean to federalize?
00:01:55.560 Does that mean the government now starts controlling it over?
00:01:58.780 By the way, is that Elon tweeting?
00:02:00.020 Yes, he tweeted to Trump's tweet.
00:02:01.780 Okay, so a few days ago, Gangava, about a dozen young men, tried to assault a woman in her car at night in D.C.
00:02:07.560 A Doge team member saw that was happening, ran to defend her, and was severely beaten, beaten to the point of concussion.
00:02:13.060 But he saved her.
00:02:14.260 It is time to federalize D.C.
00:02:15.780 So they're on the same page together on this thing here.
00:02:19.240 What does this mean, Tom, and who's going to be against it?
00:02:21.860 Okay, federalizing.
00:02:23.240 So D.C. is a city.
00:02:25.300 Cities normally are part of counties, and counties are part of states.
00:02:30.980 So you usually have a governor, county laws, like sheriffs, and then the city.
00:02:35.840 Is that the kid, by the way, Rob?
00:02:36.980 Yes, sir.
00:02:37.420 That's him.
00:02:38.420 So that's the kid after protecting the lady.
00:02:40.560 Yep.
00:02:41.280 That's what they did to him?
00:02:42.320 Yep.
00:02:42.620 Are you serious?
00:02:43.440 That's serious.
00:02:44.480 So can we find out about this 19-year-old kid?
00:02:46.640 You know, he's the Doge guy, the big you-know-what.
00:02:48.940 I know.
00:02:49.440 I want to know who he is.
00:02:50.240 Can you pull up his name and just go, is this Edward Big Balls-Korenstein?
00:02:53.580 Yes.
00:02:53.880 This is the guy.
00:02:54.920 That's him.
00:02:55.420 So let him, Edward, yeah, let's see who he is.
00:02:59.380 That's him.
00:03:00.040 But I want to know who he is.
00:03:01.080 Like, I actually want to read who is this guy.
00:03:02.580 Okay.
00:03:03.280 So he was known as an online ally of Big Balls, is an American college student program,
00:03:08.520 formerly pointed by Doge, and made a permanent federal employee with the title of senior
00:03:13.280 advisor to the highest paid grade, GS to 15, in the General Service Administration
00:03:16.840 at the end of May, 2025.
00:03:18.060 He was resigned weeks later in June before taking a job with Social Security Administration.
00:03:21.380 Born, there was a father, was a CEO of a lesser evil, the maternal grandfather, Valerie, was
00:03:28.580 a KGB lieutenant colonel executed by Soviet Union as a double agent.
00:03:31.640 After his execution, his widow moved for her children in the United States.
00:03:34.640 According to LinkedIn resume, Corson graduated from Rye Country and attends Norton University.
00:03:39.560 He enrolled in Norton University, a mechanical engineer, expected your graduation.
00:03:43.360 School friends described him as intelligent and driven, while Elon Musk being a hero.
00:03:46.960 So, Corson is a registered Republican.
00:03:49.320 Interesting.
00:03:50.640 Interesting.
00:03:51.220 So, Tom, so this guy gets beat up.
00:03:52.980 That picture is tough to watch, by the way, with what happened to him.
00:03:56.020 So, good for him for being a hero.
00:03:58.260 So, Tom, who would be against it?
00:04:00.660 Who doesn't want this thing to happen?
00:04:02.660 The Democrats aren't going to want federalization.
00:04:04.800 So, all federalization means is that the city of Washington, D.C. is not under any state.
00:04:10.160 It's in the District of Columbia, which means it does not have a state mechanism around it.
00:04:16.640 Let's say there is a failure of a city in Florida.
00:04:21.540 Let's use a fictitious example.
00:04:24.040 The mayor of Fort Myers and the surrounding area has his family and his home washed out by a hurricane.
00:04:31.100 The mayor can't perform, needs help.
00:04:34.300 Governor DeSantis is down there with the Florida resources to help the mayor.
00:04:39.200 Make sense?
00:04:39.600 The state helps the city.
00:04:41.680 The city governs the city with police.
00:04:43.940 City police can't get the job done.
00:04:46.400 County sheriffs, sheriff in the county, come out to assist.
00:04:50.560 D.C. is just a city, but it's a failed city that doesn't have second-level control.
00:04:55.600 Federalization would mean that the federal government would act as the state, like the DeSantis,
00:05:01.380 helping a city that's been hit by a hurricane or civil unrest.
00:05:05.540 That's what they're talking about.
00:05:06.680 Now, the Democrats are going to say, no, no, no, no, no.
00:05:08.500 Leave them be.
00:05:09.720 Leave them be.
00:05:10.640 Because they use D.C.
00:05:12.380 The Democrats use D.C. for its little electoral vote.
00:05:15.440 They use D.C.
00:05:16.720 And it's never been anything but blue.
00:05:19.960 And the poverty and everything that's there is horrible.
00:05:23.360 How's that working out for you, citizens of D.C.?
00:05:25.860 How's that working out?
00:05:26.720 But the Dems are going to be against it because they'd rather have victims at the voting booth than actually move things forward and have people look around and maybe move toward independent status.
00:05:39.300 Pat, those are the people that don't want it.
00:05:40.900 But D.C.
00:05:42.220 Clearly needs something like a state to help govern it. 0.97
00:05:45.800 And that's what federalization would do because D.C. is not in a state.
00:05:49.460 It's just a district of Columbia and a city.
00:05:51.380 Penny, what do you think about that?
00:05:52.180 Well, again, you know, Adam, you say follow the money.
00:05:55.580 Who's the mayor?
00:05:56.360 Let's follow the who's the mayor? 0.74
00:05:58.280 Muriel Bowser.
00:05:59.160 Okay.
00:05:59.300 She's been there since 2015.
00:06:01.680 And we always talk about people that are voting these people in and doing all that.
00:06:04.640 I said there's three terms that have been happening with her.
00:06:06.820 Okay.
00:06:06.940 The city's gotten more dangerous, more expensive, and more out of touch.
00:06:10.160 And just a little background history on her.
00:06:11.620 Oh, my God.
00:06:12.260 She backed the criminal code to overhaul slash penalties for violent crimes.
00:06:15.740 So she lowered sentences for carjacking, robberies, and gun crimes.
00:06:18.940 Number one, she pushed to defund the police. 0.99
00:06:21.560 A mayor of a city was pushing to defund the police in 2020.
00:06:25.640 She supported soft on crime prosecutors.
00:06:27.800 Okay.
00:06:28.240 And all this stuff.
00:06:29.000 It's not like D.C. got bad overnight.
00:06:32.240 I'm not pulling all on her, but it's policies like hers that rot from the inside.
00:06:36.420 And, again, keep voting for these people, and you're going to keep getting it.
00:06:39.960 So I'm pro-Trump doing what he's going to do.
00:06:41.840 Like, enough is enough.
00:06:42.820 This lady won against Vincent Gray, Democratic primary, and he was incumbent.
00:06:48.580 And won the general election against three independent and two minor candidates with 55% of vote.
00:06:53.340 In 2018, that was on 14.
00:06:54.780 In 2018, she won her second term with 76.4% of the vote.
00:07:00.000 In 2022, on her third term, she won 74.6% of the vote.
00:07:08.200 Vinny.
00:07:09.440 74.
00:07:10.060 Go a little bit lower, Rob, on that to see what it says on the bottom.
00:07:13.200 Youngest of six children.
00:07:14.280 Her father was a D.C.-based public advocate who worked for public servant and employee in the D.C. area.
00:07:18.720 Born in D.C., grew up in North Michigan.
00:07:20.620 Very interesting.
00:07:21.360 What school did she go to?
00:07:22.340 Can we see what school she went to?
00:07:23.440 Something university?
00:07:24.900 She went to Chatham University.
00:07:26.720 Chatham College in Pittsburgh.
00:07:27.620 Adam, your thoughts on this?
00:07:29.540 Yeah, I think Trump should follow through with federalizing D.C.
00:07:32.780 So, you know, we're all in America.
00:07:35.060 We understand what a monopoly is.
00:07:37.040 And antitrust laws are put in place to prevent companies from dominating industries.
00:07:42.000 We always hear that Amazon is dominating the industry.
00:07:44.980 Microsoft, Apple, dominating the industry.
00:07:47.080 What about politically?
00:07:48.100 What about ideologically?
00:07:49.000 Has D.C. ever had a conservative Republican mayor?
00:07:53.460 Ever?
00:07:54.180 A lot of these cities out there, they're ideologically dominated by one party.
00:07:59.160 And we wonder why D.C., L.A., San Francisco, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, the list goes on and on and on, don't improve.
00:08:08.840 And I used to always advocate these are the best cities in America, the biggest cities in America.
00:08:13.060 But there's a big difference between the biggest and the best.
00:08:16.580 Washington, D.C., I love D.C.
00:08:19.320 But D.C. is a city of complete paradox and contrast.
00:08:24.420 It's basically suits by day and sirens by night.
00:08:29.120 You're just walking around.
00:08:30.480 You love it.
00:08:31.040 It's history on every corner.
00:08:32.700 As soon as night falls, it's like run for shelter.
00:08:36.020 You don't know what's coming around the next corner.
00:08:38.560 Hide your kids.
00:08:39.240 Hide your wives. 0.99
00:08:39.760 It is the most American city.
00:08:43.160 Flags everywhere.
00:08:44.640 Patriotism everywhere.
00:08:46.000 But then it's also the most liberal city.
00:08:48.620 The most liberal cities in the country, by far and away, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Berkeley area, and then Boston, Cambridge.
00:08:57.760 It's the elite ivory coast university cities that basically have zero tolerance for an ideological difference.
00:09:07.300 So the monopoly that they have on D.C., I'd love to see it come to an end.
00:09:11.680 I've never understood the voters.
00:09:13.460 Marion Barry was elected mayor.
00:09:15.340 Then he ends up in jail.
00:09:17.000 Doing crack.
00:09:18.500 That's right.
00:09:20.000 With Hunter Biden.
00:09:21.440 And allegedly also using city funds, allegedly, to pay for hookers, making him known as the beducation president.
00:09:29.500 Yes.
00:09:30.060 I mean, the beducation mayor.
00:09:31.460 And then his campaign slogan was, I will get the drugs off the street and into my nose.
00:09:38.160 And then after he goes to jail, the people reelected him.
00:09:43.160 It's like, what are you doing?
00:09:44.740 It's just name recognition and looking back to that.
00:09:47.660 So there is also this thing, it's like, you get what you vote for, and then they all look back and say, now you've had two generations of failed schools, poverty, and all the problems go with it.
00:09:58.620 How's it working out for you?
00:09:59.980 When are the voters going to wake up?
00:10:01.720 By the way, this whole conversation started with the kid that got beat up from Doge, and Elon Musk kind of waited.
00:10:07.780 Sirens at night, as you said.
00:10:08.920 Sirens at night.
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