Track Record of Progressive Mayors Paints a Grim Picture

Track Record of Progressive Mayors Paints a Grim Picture

Donald Trump's reviled takeover of the DC police and his earlier deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles serve as a direct challenge to the power of America's big cities. To the Democrats who run these cities, this all seems part of an authoritarian plot. But it also may be one of Trump's traps.

Baltimore mayor suggests Trump's targeting "Black-led cities" for obviously racist reasons

President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. — alongside similar actions in and incendiary comments about other Black-led cities across the country — are racist, suggested Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. “We have to be reminded again: every city that he called out had a Black mayor. We’re talking about Black-led cities. They’re also Democrat-led cities,” Scott, who was himself a subject of right-wing politicians’ “DEI …

As Trump targets Baltimore’s unsheltered population and harm reduction funding, Mayor Scott offers many words, few actions

Mayor Brandon Scott launched a national public relations campaign this week to defend Baltimore’s progress in tamping down violent crime — one that lauded law enforcement but failed to provide any plans to protect some of the city’s most vulnerable residents from the Trump administration’s recent attacks. Scott appeared on national television at least five times in just three days in response to President Donald Trump claiming crime in the city …

Mayor Scott addresses crime reduction in Baltimore and federal agent concerns

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott discussed Baltimore’s crime reduction efforts and emphasized that while he’s happy with the progress, the job is not done. When announcing the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and the deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C., on Monday, President Donald Trump said Baltimore and a few other cities in the country were “so far gone” when it came to addressing violent crime. Scott spoke …

Baltimore Mayor Fights Trump Law Enforcement Power Grab

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is joining democracy advocates and legal experts today to warn about what they call President Donald Trump’s dangerous weaponization of law enforcement, starting with his federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital. The Not Above the Law Coalition says this is part of a broader pattern, pointing to Trump sending troops against peaceful pro…