Fighting Trump’s D.C. Power Grab

The Trump administration’s decision to seize control of D.C.’s police force and deploy the National Guard is baseless political exploitation that could cause significant harm to D.C. residents and visitors.
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President Trump’s attempt to seize D.C. streets with federal agents and out-of-state National Guard troops is a brazen power grab meant to intimidate and create fear in the capital and across the country.

Trump made up a phony emergency as an excuse to overstep his power and micromanage D.C. Now we have a real emergency of abuse of power that brings real harm to the real people who live in, work in, or visit D.C.

At this critical moment, knowledge and action are power.