President Trump on Tuesday said he will push for the death penalty in cases of murder in Washington, D.C. amid his crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital.

“Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment, capital capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital— Washington, D.C.— we’re going to be seeking the death penalty and that’s a very strong preventative,” Trump said at his Cabinet meeting.

He continued, “And, everybody that’s heard it agrees with it. I don’t know if we’re ready for it in this country. But… we have no choice. So, in D.C., in Washington— states are going to have to make their own decision— but if somebody kills somebody, like you could have been killed, very lucky you didn’t get killed, it’s the death penalty.”

He referred to Iris Tao,

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