Muriel Bowser

our limited self-government has never faced the type of test we are facing right now.

we will show the entire nation what it looks like to fight for American democracy — even when we don't have full access to it.

Let us be clear about what the law requires during a Presidential declared emergency: it requires the mayor of Washington, DC to provide the services of the Metropolitan Police Department for federal purposes at the request of the…

to defend our autonomy. We know that our access to democracy is different than anywhere else in America.

We have followed the law. In reference to the U.S. Attorney General’s order, there is no statute that conveys the District’s personnel authority to a federal official.

I think they regard it as a success to have more presence and take more guns off the street, and we do too.

We all need to do what we can in our space, in our lane, to protect our city, to protect our autonomy, to protect our home rule, and get to the other side of this guy and make sure we elect a Democratic House so that we have a backstop to…

We don’t live in a dirty city. We are not 700,000 scumbags and punks. And we don’t have neighborhoods that should be bulldozed.

We have the best in the business in MPD Chief Pamela Smith to lead that effort and to make sure that the men and women who are coming from federal law enforcement are being well-used and that if there’s National Guard here, they’re being…

What I’m focused on is the federal surge and how to make the most of the additional officer support that we have.

My expectation, though it can change, is that they will deploy the Guard on federal properties — that includes parks, monuments, federal buildings.

This is a time where community needs to jump in and we all need to do what we can in our space, in our lane, to protect our city and to protect our autonomy, to protect our Home Rule, and get to the other side of this guy, and make sure we…

And while this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised.

Nothing about our organizational chart has changed.

I don’t want to minimize what was said and I don’t want to minimize the intrusion on our autonomy.

Violent crime in the District is at the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years.

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.

We’re not satisfied. We haven’t taken our foot off the gas, and we continue to look for ways to make our city safer.

The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a painful period.

We believe in investing in sports because they have helped us transform neighborhoods, and the NFL bringing this event to the nation's capital will help us fill hotel rooms, our restaurants, and Americans from all 50 states will come to…

Senate approval today is a major first step as we continue working with the House of Representatives on final passage to ensure critical services provided in the Nation’s Capital, including our police officers, firefighters, teachers…

We are not a federal agency. We are a city, county, state all at once...

The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference.

I do not support renaming the area Liberty Plaza.

This is the threat to our city right now