Tempers erupt in Oversight hearing over DC law enforcement surge

RacialtensionsflaredThursdayasaHouseOversightCommitteehearingonPresidentDonaldTrump’sfederallawenforcementsurgeeruptedintoashoutingmatchbetweenDemocraticRep.RashidaTlaibandRepublicanRep.ByronDonalds,underscoringthedeeppartisanandracialdividesovercrimeinthenation’scapital. TlaibsaidherRepublicancounterpartswerepaintingadistortedpictureofthecapitalastheytriedtojustifyTrump’splansneartheendoftheseven-hourhearing. “Theywanttopaintyouallasthisugly,dark,alljustoutinthestreet,”TlaibaddressedD.C.leaderswhowerebeforethecommittee.“Imean,theway—it’sjustunbelievable,becausetheyalllivehere—Idon’tseeit.Idon’tseewhattheysee.Idon’tunderstandwhywe’reallowingthattohappen,becauseIactuallythinkit’sgoingtohurtourcommunities,”Talibadded.“PeoplearegoingtolookatWashington,D.C.,folks,inawaythatIthinkisgoingtobeverypainful.” “Ithinkit’sreallyimportantweneedtostandupagainstthisf