During a rant about crime on Monday, President Donald Trump called out Oakland, along with several other cities with Democratic mayors, despite evidence showing the East Bay city’s crime rate has fallen.

While announcing his intention to federalize the Washington, D.C. Police force and send the U.S. National Guard into the city, Trump implied that the same treatment could be in store for other cities that voted against him in the past.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.