Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo):Trump has the opportunity to do a Bukele-style crackdown on DC crime. Question is whether he has the will, and whether the public the stomach. Big test: Can he reduce crime faster than the Left advances a counternarrative about “authoritarianism”? If yes, he wins. Speed matters.

Bukele suspended due process, the right to legal counsel & freedom of assembly so he can imprison people indefinitely without charge or trial. It's grotesquely un-American. Amazing how many conservatives now openly detest the Constitution.

Wild to me that the GOP once claimed to be the party of the Constitution when you have some of its intellectuals lusting after one of the world's worst authoritarians. Mock "authoritarianism" all you want, but the Founders cared a lot about that, actually. Humiliating.

It's crazy that—in the year of our Lord 2025—some want to act like the only choices are "let murderers run amok" or "suspend the Constitution." That's a false choice. I'm sorry our country's founding document is inconvenient for you, but it protects unpopular people for a reason.