Donald Trump has just deployed hundreds of National Guard troops and federal agents to Washington, DC – seizing control of local law enforcement under the false pretense of rising violent crime.
It’s something straight out of an authoritarian playbook:
Checkpoints in Washington, DC Wednesday night
All of this is being driven by Trump’s false narrative of a city in chaos – even as violent crime in DC is down 26% this year and at its lowest level in three decades.
Donald Trump and his allies are actively dismantling democratic safeguards – from deploying troops in our nation’s capital to purging federal agencies of anyone who stands in their way, or simply tells the truth .