Mayor Ask Trump To Withdraw Federal Officers And Troops From DC’s Streets | Talking Points Memo

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser asked President Trump Thursday to withdraw the federal law enforcement and military who in recent days have been patrolling the district’s streets.


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Has Madam Mayor announced that the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia will not cooperate with any outside forces?

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If it didn’t risk ending in violence, I’d advocate taking them into custody.
With no identification, there’s no guarantee they’re duly authorized by anyone to be there. Certainly, who they are, why they’re there and if they’re impersonating government officers should be investigated.

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I guess Trump will have to fire Bowser. He can do that. He has total control you know. Total. TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL!!!

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Until now, I thought of Bowser as a little dull. No more. She simply has an understated style, but she keeps our city safe and stands up to Trump.

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Nice start, but she really should have demanded his unconditional surrender.

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Asking morbotus to give up his toy soldiers? Good luck with that. Not even if you offer to let him drive a tank.

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You know, “a little dull” sounds really, really good to me right about now. I could use a break from all this exciting winning and greatness.

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Could she ask the FBI to investigate?!

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It’s beyond troubling that trump and his cabinet have assembled a goon squad.

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Actually, why not pull them off the streets after all send them home on furlough as the Feds say they have it covered.

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I think it was the electorate that assembled the goon squad.

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A woman of color. Can’t wait (not really) to see what his fat little finger come up with on Twitter.

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“The best people”

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We need clear legislation that prevents this from happening again*

* - This applies to a ton of recent events

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If only they could just do this:

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Frankly there might be a huge improvement in the state of affairs if the electorate voted the U.S. off the planet. Were we not the ages we are Miss Kitty and I would gladly explore moving out of this God forsaken hellhole. Homo Sapiens are one of the more distasteful creatures you can encounter in life, but an intolerable percentage of the species residing within our borders are especially noxious.

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Unfortunately, FBI is under Billy Barr’s jurisdiction, so it seems that’d be like asking for nothing to be done.

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With multiple agencies, no coordination, and no IDs, this is a disaster in the making. We’ve already seen wannabe soldiers show up at protests in full kit. Who’s to say any of these guys are legit? Or is that the point? Gear up some yokel militia types, have them beat down protestors, then feign ignorance?

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“Attorney General Bill Barr defended that conduct…”

Of course he did.

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