Who knew that simply enforcing the law could deter crime? Apparently, everyone but Democrats.

Democrats are furious over President Trump’s decision to federalize law enforcement in Washington, D.C., and deploy the National Guard to restore order. Too bad. From California shoplifting to illegal immigration to crime nationwide, sometimes the obvious answer is the right one: Enforcement works.

Democrats didn’t oppose enforcement out of ignorance. They opposed it because they knew it would work.

In 2014, Democrats convinced Californians that their problems were the result of a broken justice system — one that incarcerated too many people and created “ unconstitutional prison overcrowding .”

They sold Proposition 47 as the fix. The measure downgraded “certain low-level offenses, such as

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