If the priority is to show force in an American city, we know he can do that here. But it won’t be because there’s a spike in crime.
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Bowser's response to Trump's plans for federal troop deployment in D.C.
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our limited self-government has never faced the type of test we are facing right now.
My expectation, though it can change, is that they will deploy the Guard on federal properties — that includes parks, monuments, federal buildings.





