President Donald Trump announced Monday that Washington, D.C.’s police are now under federal control and National Guard troops have been deployed after a public safety emergency. Using temporary powers from the Home Rule Act of 1973, the president can oversee the police for up to thirty days, but any extension would need congressional approval or a legal amendment.
Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told Newsmax on Tuesday that the president’s initiative will “be a great role model for the country.”
“We really don’t need to have [all the crime] that is going on in any of our cities across America. And this is going to be a great role model. To say, ‘Hey, we’re going to get things cleaned up in Washington,’ and maybe that will be an example all across the nation,” Harris said during an appearance on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”
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