US EditionDC Mayor Bowser: Trump police takeover ‘unsettling and unprecedented’
- On Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser criticized President Donald Trump's announcement to federalize the D.C. police and deploy the National Guard in the nation's capital.
- Trump made this decision amid an attempted carjacking of a former White House staffer and has threatened similar actions in other cities like Chicago and Baltimore.
- Bowser emphasized that violent crime in D.C. has dropped to a 30-year low, declining 26% this year and nearly 50% over two years, and said no conditions exist to justify federal control.
- Bowser called the federal takeover "unsettling and unprecedented" but noted, "we are not totally surprised," and said comparisons to war-torn countries are false and hyperbolic.
- She pledged to keep working with the president on shared priorities while opposing unnecessary National Guard deployment that undermines local law enforcement and home rule.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tried two different ways of dealing with Trump. Both had the same result. - The Boston Globe
An outspoken Trump critic in his first term, Bowser tried cooperation in his second. But that didn't stop the president from taking over the city's police department and sending in National Guard troops.
Bowser cooperating with Trump's DC takeover despite past clashes
As President Donald Trump begins his takeover of Washington by federalizing the local police and activating the National Guard to combat the crime rate, it appears Mayor Muriel Bowser does not want to test her limits with the administration. The mayor indicated on Monday that local officials would comply with the federal government’s directive, although she did call the administration’s actions “unsettling and unprecedented.” Still, she struck a…
'Blatantly Lying': Crime Is Falling in Every Single City Trump Threatened With Federal Police Takeover
Trump isn't just lying about crime rates in D.C. In every single city he threatened with a federal takeover at Monday's press conference, crime is declining. But Americans are persuaded, one author says, because of "fearmongering" by the media.
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What to KnowPresident Trump has taken control of D.C.’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital to fight crime in what he claims is an urgent public safety crisis. Attorney General Pam Bondi met this morning with D.C. officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, and several top Justice Department officials about Trump’s directive.The Trump administration agreed to once again delay the dea…
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