Mayor of Washington, DC, faces formidable primary challenge

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser faced a formidable fight for a third term, challenged in Tuesday's Democratic primary by two council members in a race dominated by crime and public safety issues.

During Bowser's tumultuous second term, she clashed with former President Donald Trump and walked a public tightrope between her own police department and a vocal coalition of activists led by Black Lives Matter.

Her challengers include At-large Councilmember Robert White, who harshly criticized Bowser's response to spiraling violent crime rates, and Councilmember Trayon White, who represents Ward 8, the poorest and most crime-ridden area in the district.

The winner of the Democratic primary is the prohibitive favorite in the November general election in the heavily Democratic city.

Read more: https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/ap-top-news/2022/06/21/mayor-of-washington-dc-faces-formidable-primary-challenge

[IronLionZion]

1. Crime is a very bad problem

it's gotten violent in the last year with lots of shootings, carjackings, armed robberies, etc. There is a labor shortage so it's not economic anxiety.

It's a problem nation-wide so don't know that I would blame our mayor for it. I do hope it gets under control though. We didn't defund the police so we still have plenty of police. That's not the problem.


For COVID, she's mostly done good but I wish she had kept the vaccine mandate longer.