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"Dictatorship": D.C. Residents Demand End of Federal Takeover

2025-08-20 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Six Republican-led states have now pledged National Guard troops to the Trump administration's takeover of Washington, D.C., where it has assumed control of policing under the claim of tackling crime. Along with the D.C. National Guard that Trump already controlled, this brings the total number of troops in the streets of the capital to more than 2,000. The federal takeover comes even as violent crime in the capital is at a 30-year low — numbers the Trump administration now disputes, with the Justice Department launching an investigation into whether those crime statistics were manipulated by city officials. "What we're seeing is lawlessness, but it's all coming from the White House," says community activist Keya Chatterjee, the executive director of the group Free DC. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@kbrom60 2025-08-20

There is going to be more troops than residents.

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@mtstomachs 2025-08-20

It's amazing- I read this story before about one hundred years ago!

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@sleepingbearffg5008 2025-08-20

WW3 threatens the world..

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@rosalainz2165 2025-08-23

Exactly

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@ww2guy88 2025-08-20

This administration is totally out of control

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@multilaughs88 2025-08-23

That is a lot of police for such a small city

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@AnnaCookieZeman 2025-08-23

Holy Moly! 😮

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@AnnaCookieZeman 2025-08-23

Dump the tRUMP !

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@winstonernest2315 2025-08-26

WE'RE IN A DICTATORSHIP! WHY DOESN'T HE SEND TROOPS TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI? THE MURDER CAPITOL OF AMERICA OR NEW ORLEANS?

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@danielsofia2419 2025-08-21

its time for Direct Democracy!!!

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