The news that a staff member of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted and bloodied by a group of would-be carjackers early Sunday morning is yet another reminder that the Washington, D.C., government’s refusal to clean up the district’s crime problem is a national embarrassment.

On Tuesday, following the brutal beating of Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, President Donald Trump threatened to end D.C.’s home rule if the district does not take meaningful steps to address its crime problem.