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Trump Wants Feds to Take Over DC

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Posted By: Imright, 2/20/2025 8:37:47 PM

President Trump wants the federal government to take control of Washington, D.C. in order to crack down on homelessness and violent crime. Trump said that federal authorities should take control away from local Democrat leaders who are not doing their jobs and bring law and order to the city. “I think that we should govern the District of Columbia. I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless,” Trump said. “And I think we should take over Washington, D.C. We could save people from getting killed. They have a great police department there. Somehow they’re not utilized properly.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: itsonlyme 2/20/2025 9:22:34 PM (No. 1900553)
The "leadership" in DC are Woke and pro-sanctuary city for the ILLEGALS
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Reply 2 - Posted by: earlybird 2/20/2025 9:26:15 PM (No. 1900556)
I can't think of any reason why not. Not one reason.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: JimBob 2/20/2025 9:56:38 PM (No. 1900579)
I vaguely recall all the 'Dee Cee Home Rule' squabble -I was in high school in VA at the time, and it was a regular, staple subject in the WaPooPoo and the local TV, who just LOVED Leftist Protesters. So the Congress finally got tired of the noise and granted DC their 'Home Rule'..... and it appears to me that it's been downhill ever since..... but it's a 'RAT city, and most, if not all the old 'RAT cities have been circling the drain for years. The only thing keeping it afloat is that it's a Company Town, and the Company, the Federal Government and its surrounding Industrial Bureaucracy, is in the business of fleecing everything they can from the rest of the USA.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: bamboozle 2/20/2025 10:42:11 PM (No. 1900597)
Take control of the federal district and turn the rest over to the surrounding states.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: TexasHillCountry 2/21/2025 2:41:58 AM (No. 1900658)
I thought it was a bad idea back in 1975 to give a bunch of leftoids control of the govt for our nation's capital city. Leftism is a parasitic cancer that eventually kills everything it inhabits.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: mifla 2/21/2025 5:03:58 AM (No. 1900669)
The Feds can't do any worse than the Bowser crowd.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/21/2025 5:54:25 AM (No. 1900692)
DC has only had "Home Rule" since 1973 and they've done a terrible job! One of their first mayors, Three terms, Marion Berry is a Cocaine Addict and has spent time in Jail for his criminal activity. None of the subsequent Mayors are much better. The 75% black city has been a disaster since 1973! Their only hope for normalcy is a return to Federal control.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DCGIRL 2/21/2025 6:46:33 AM (No. 1900723)
After working in DC for so many years, #4 has the best solution. As #4 said Government to control the Federal District and all else distributed to the surrounding states.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Bur Oak 2/21/2025 7:17:02 AM (No. 1900740)
The Federal government has a hard time running a lemonade stand. Turn it over to the states and get rid of the representatives.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: felixcat 2/21/2025 8:02:27 AM (No. 1900769)
The only reason DC is still a decent place to visit is because of the buildings and grounds controlled and maintained by the Federal Government. Yes, the feds are good at somethings. Otherwise, DC is just another poorly managed Democrat controlled city with too many residents too stupid to NOT vote Dem.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Venturer 2/21/2025 8:07:19 AM (No. 1900770)
First thing needed is to paint over the BLM sign on 16th. street.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Ruhn 2/21/2025 8:29:19 AM (No. 1900779)
#4 is right. Buildings and land of the federal government remains a federal reservation (i.e. the Mall area). The rest of D. C. turn over to Maryland. Now the residents will have taxation AND representation. It's already been done. D.C. used to incude land south of the Potomac but it was turned over to Virginia a long time ago.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: udanja99 2/21/2025 9:17:22 AM (No. 1900812)
Um, #7, Barry died 11 years ago.
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