The National Guard has been in the city since August of last year as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on crime and illegal immigration there.
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A fierce critic of President Donald Trump is on track to become the next mayor of Washington, D.C. Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist who made resistance to Trump and his policies the core of her primary campaign to replace the current mayor, Muriel Bowser, bested a field of anti-Trump candidates in this week’s Democratic primary in the nation’s capital. g, Lewis George’s main opponent in the primary field conceded the race on Thursday while trailing by 16 percentage points. Bowser, who has governed D.C. for nearly a dozen years, announced last November that she would not seek a fourth term, framing the move as a natural moment to step back. “It was time for me to pass the baton on to the next set of…Open
Janeese Lewis George rode to power into the D.C. Council in 2020 on a wave of "Defund the Police" promises and with the backing of the DSA. As their latest poster child, she could be mayor of America's capital city.
“I can’t be the only one speaking up for public safety in D.C.,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said