Muriel Bowser actually said...

I`ve asked for the deployment of the guard as long as we need the guard to deal with the humanitarian crisis that we expect to escalate.

We have a growing humanitarian crisis that we expect that the federal government expects is going to only worsen.

Nobody should die in our hospitals attached to a ventilator and have to say goodbye to their families when there is a safe and effective vac...

I think the whole point of what we've been talking about is the Governors, the chief, and the mayor here know best for our states.