'We should take over': Trump backs GOP push to have federal government control DC

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'We should take over': Trump backs GOP push to have federal government control DC

| Updated February 19, 2025 11:47pm EST | News | FOX 5 DC |

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The Brief

• President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the federal government should ‘take over’ Washington, D.C.
• It's in line with a bill introduced by two Republican lawmakers earlier this month that would strip the District of its autonomy.
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Under the Home Rule Act of 1973, the city can elect its own mayor and council but Congress vets and can overturn its laws.

WASHINGTON - Speaking from Air Force One Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said the federal government should "take over" D.C. He complained about crime and homelessness in the District and said that the federal government would "make it safe."

"I think we should take over Washington, D.C.," Trump said. "I think that we should govern District of Columbia."

Under terms of the city’s Home Rule authority, Congress already controls D.C. laws and has the power to overturn them but some congressional Republicans have sought to go further, eroding decades of the city’s limited autonomy and putting it back under direct federal control, as it was at its founding.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. The infinite flow of stupidity from this cretin.

Talk about noise pollution. Yeesh. One day, its silence might be celebrated around the world.

[IronLionZion]

2. He's a big government authoritarian

so much for GOP claiming they support states' rights and local governments. They always oppose it when it's liberal states and cities.