D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday ordered indefinite coordination between the city and federal law enforcement officials, a powerful indication of her willingness to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s effort to take over public safety in the capital city.
wait, was this announced on the day that they ruled the national guard deployment was illegal and had to be turned over to Newsome?
lol.
D.C. is different TBH. It’s not a state, it doesn’t have state’s rights constitutionally. It’s a at the pleasure of congress and/or the president type of government situation so that ruling doesn’t necessarily have the same implications. Originally it didn’t even have things like a mayor or city council and was just administered by the federal government directly until congress passed an act giving them some local government and representation. Dems deserve (lots of) shit and there isn’t much harm in just standing up to Trump and forcing him to dissolve D.C. city government and anger residents but I tend to doubt that ruling gave them any ammo in this fight.