Il Trumpe uttered this (boldface mine):
President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C., depending on the results of next week’s mayoral primary….
On Thursday, Trump was asked about next Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary election. D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist, is considered the frontrunner.
Lewis George leads the latest polling by 11% over former councilmember Kenyan McDuffie….
When asked how he’d feel if Lewis George were to win Tuesday’s primary, Trump said that he “wouldn’t like it.”
“Well, I wouldn’t like it, and maybe we’ll take back Washington and run it on the federal basis,” Trump said. “We won’t put up with it. We’re not going to lose our business.”
…”We’re not going to get ICE off our streets by fearing this president,” Lewis George said. “And we’re not going to protect our rights or home rule by obeying in advance. Threatening home rule because you do not like how residents vote is an attack on democracy itself. The people of DC elect the mayor of DC. And they want someone who will stand up to Donald Trump.”
This only helps Lewis George, I think, especially along side with the Arkansas National Guard taking D.C. trophies. That said, Trump also might have forgotten he said this by now–”We’re not going to lose our business” is a nonsense statement, so who knows with that asshole.
mikethemadbiologist