President Donald Trump faced backlash Monday after he suggested that domestic violence is not a serious crime.
Trump made the remark while speaking to the White House Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible and touting how his federalization of the Washington, D.C. police force has brought down crime there “to virtually nothing.
He said the crime there is “much lesser things, things that take place in the home they call crime.
“You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife they say, ‘This is a crime. See?’ Now I can’t claim 100%″
Trump’s critics condemned his remarks.
Survivors deserve better than a president who shrugs off domestic violence.
— Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein (@CityAttyKlein) September 8, 2025
While Donald Trump questions whether domestic violence is even a crime, our prosecutors are in the courtroom every day standing up for survivors and holding offenders accountable. pic.twitter.com/UvvJmcZL9W
“Survivors deserve better than a president who shrugs off domestic violence,” tweeted Columbus, Ohio City Attorney Zach Klein.
“While Donald Trump questions whether domestic violence is even a crime, our prosecutors are in the courtroom every day standing up for survivors and holding offenders accountable.”
“This is exactly what you’d expect an adjudicated rapist to say,” added the Trump Lie Tracker account on X.
“So domestic violence isn’t a crime now?” tweeted Call to Activism. “What the actual f*ck is wrong with this man?”
Sarah Longwell, founder and CEO of The Bulwark, characterized the remark as “just a casual dismissal of domestic violence as a crime.”
Added Dr. G: “Domestic violence is a crime. Trump wants Maga men to be able to smack their wives along.”
The National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24 hours a day: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
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Howard Koplowitz
al.com
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