Eleanor Holmes Norton keeps a low profile as Trump takes aim at DC

The 88-year-old congressional delegate has mounted a back-seat response to the most serious federal threat to the city’s government in 30 years.

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s nonvoting House delegate, issued a written statement Monday after Trump seized control of the city’s police force and moved to send in National Guard troops, calling it “counterproductive,” a “historic assault on D.C. home rule” and “more evidence of the urgent need to pass my D.C. statehood bill.”
#WashingtoDC #congress #Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/13/eleanor-holmes-norton-trump-dc-00506273

And I'm sure he can't wait to impose martial law on the entire nation...

Trump seizes control of Washington DC police and deploys national guard

President claims US capital ‘overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals … and homeless people’

#NationalGuard #WashingtoDC #corruption #Trump #democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime

Trump seizes control of Washington DC police and deploys national guard

President claims US capital ‘overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals … and homeless people’

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Washington DC council member arrested on bribery charges

Trayon White could face up to 15 years in prison for allegedly accepting $156,000 to aid private companies

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#WashingtoDC.

Does the Botanical Gardens have free Wi-Fi?