D.C. Mayor Slams Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Push’ as National Guard Deploys in Crime Crackdown

‘So, don’t let your kids be a part of that, like, know where your kids are and make sure they’re not grouping together because they will be a target’

(Via Mediaite)

Washington D.C.’s Democratic mayor Muriel Bowser delivered her sharpest rebuke yet to President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, condemning his deployment of the National Guard as an “authoritarian push” and “an intrusion on our autonomy.”

Speaking during a live-streamed town hall with community leaders, Bowser called on residents to resist what she framed as a politically driven seizure of the city’s police powers.

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