Kaine Statement on President Trump Placing D.C. Police Department Under Federal Control and Deploying National Guard

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement after President Trump signed executive orders to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control and allow the deployment of the D.C. National Guard:

“If President Trump really cared about safety in D.C., he would have immediately deployed the National Guard on January 6, 2021, and wouldn’t have pardoned hundreds of rioters who broke into the Capitol that day, including individuals convicted of assaulting police officers. Crime is at a 30-year low in D.C., making these steps a waste of taxpayer dollars and an unnecessary escalation clearly designed to distract Americans from issues like rising prices and incompetence from the Trump Administration.”

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