Donald Trump says Democrats try to disavow past crime positions, now say "We love sanctuary cities"

In a Fox News interview Friday, President Trump said progressive Democrats, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are now backing away from positions on crime they previously supported, such as sanctuary-city policies. He was responding to reporting about Ocasio-Cortez's recent comments playing down past calls to reduce police funding and other left-wing positions from the "Woke 1" era. Trump said he believes the New York Democrat is preparing a 2028 presidential run; she has not ruled one out, though she says she is focused on the midterms. In an ABC interview, Ocasio-Cortez dismissed some earlier socialist-aligned rhetoric as belonging to a different period. Trump called sanctuary cities disastrous and linked them to crime and no-cash-bail policies.