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.
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