BREAKING: Lunatic Trump threatens to strip D.C.’s democracy and “take back” the city if voters elect a Mamdani-style Democrat!
In a stunning display of authoritarian hubris, Donald Trump just threatened to revoke Washington D.C.’s home rule and “take back” the city if Democratic socialist candidate Janeese Lewis George wins Tuesday’s mayoral primary.
When asked how he would feel if Lewis George – who is running on progressive policies – becomes the Democratic nominee, Trump replied:
“Well, I wouldn’t like it. And maybe we’d take back Washington and run it on the federal basis. We won’t put up with it.”
Trump is making a direct threat to override the will of D.C. voters simply because Trump doesn’t like their choice. Lewis George fired back immediately, calling it what it is:
“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.”
Her opponent Kenyan McDuffie and another candidate Rini Sampath also condemned Trump’s comments, with McDuffie declaring that “DC decides who will be the next mayor, not Donald Trump.”
Ever since his first term, the racist Trump has wanted to poach authority away from the black-majority nation’s capital and run the city like a tyrannical dictator.
He loves to talk about freedom, but the second a city (or state) leans too progressive, he uses every lever of power at his disposal to compromise the democratic process, for which he clearly has no respect.
Behavior like this makes it clear that under Trump, votes only matter if they engender the result he wants. If not, he’ll claim the election is rigged, or failing that, find a way to punish the victor.
Again, Trump is showing that he is at heart un-American, which it need not be said is completely unacceptable.
But the tide is turning, and the midterms will hobble his malevolent administration until the 2028 elections finally rid us of Trumpism from sea to shining sea.