Posted on 09/06/2025 2:17:13 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Trump’s control over DC police is set to expire next week on September 10 if Congress doesn’t act.
President Trump, on August 11 signed an executive order declaring a “crime emergency” and invoking powers under section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to federalize the police. The Home Rule Act requires Congressional approval for the President to federalize the police for more than 30 days.
However, earlier this week, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order for local law enforcement to work with federal officials indefinitely.
Bowser previously admitted that Trump’s crackdown on crime in the city was helpful and effective. “Neighborhoods feel safer and are safer, so this surge has been important to us,” Bowser admitted.
Lawmakers reportedly think the Mayor’s cooperation is enough, and Trump has largely remained silent on the issue of extending the takeover.
Per the Associated Press:
Congress would have to approve an extension, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have no plans to do so in the next week. Still, House Republicans plan to move forward with a raft of bills that would tighten federal control over the city, including tougher sentences for criminals and a Trump-led effort to “beautify the district” by removing graffiti and restoring public monuments.
Kentucky Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said that “together with President Trump,” the panel will “fulfill its constitutional duty to oversee District affairs and make D.C. safe again.”
GOP leaders in the House and Senate haven’t seen a reason to act, given that Bowser is working with federal authorities
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
If Bowser fails, do it again.
Its so nice to see the uniparty of rinos and gopers and libsocs all smiling and working together...
Lawmakers reportedly think the Mayor’s cooperation is enough, and Trump has largely remained silent on the issue of extending the takeover.
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I don’t know. Sounds like a nonstory so far.
The GOP routinely adheres to their number one political strategy: “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.”...
No, no, RINOs AND failed so-called republicans have done it again. VERY very FEW REAL republicans in congress anymore.
Trump seems to saying nice things about Bowser so maybe she is working with him to crack down on crime.
-PJ
As opposed to congressional duties mostly outlined in Article I Section 8,
the current purpose of congressmen is reelection.
Nothing else.
We do not hate congress enough.
“𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘭!”
Let the swamp rinse in privacy.
And that is exactly why I finally left the GOP in 2021 to simply be an Independent conservative.
Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion: “I am a coward. I haven’t any courage at all. I even scare myself.”
The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Congress.
Yeah, the grifters getting along really well.
This is about federalizing the Police...not the National Guard which is directly under Trump.
Well, like Zelensky, signs a new extension to his martial law order every 90 days, Trump should be able to renew an extension to his deployment of the National Guard.
Just ask each mayor in each state if they want ICE and federal agents in their city. If answer is NO, then announce there will be no help and let the gang members and all illegals know where they can go with no fear of federal arrests. Elections will SWING to Republicans after the carnage.
The Guard was useful early on, primarily to clear the tent encampments. Since then, they’ve been highly visible as a show of force in some high traffic areas, but they don’t make arrests. The heavy lifting is all being done by the DC police.
What Trump’s intervention actually did was reverse the post-George Floyd police stand down implemented by our feckless mayor and city council. The police have again stepped it up on quality of life offenses. But they aren’t doing anything they shouldn’t have been doing all along.
The mayor is now making noises like she’s come to her senses. Most of the dems, however, dived even deeper into the insanity. I wouldn’t be surprised if they proposed reparations for shoplifters and carjackers. I exaggerate only slightly.
At this point the dems have now definitively branded themselves as the pro-criminal party. Their problem at the moment is that if Trump’s surge ends, they either have to continue the crackdown or watch crime spike back up.
They don’t actually care about the crime. But they are one more mistake away from making Trump look good, and that probably scares them. DC is so lopsided that it won’t make a difference in the next election here, but there is a pretty powerful national talking point at stake.
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