Trump Warns D.C. Risks Losing Home Rule If Socialist Mayoral Candidate Elected

Trump Warns D.C. Risks Losing Home Rule If Socialist Mayoral Candidate Elected

Donald Trump’s threat to “take back Washington” if Janeese Lewis George wins has turned a local primary into a national showdown over power, policing, and what kind of city the nation’s capital should be. To her supporters, Lewis George is a bold reformer willing to confront federal overreach, ICE, and a broken status quo. To her critics, she’s a dangerous experiment: soft on crime, hostile to enforcement, and personally benefitting from the very housing system she condemns.