•    "In the place of proven strategies aimed at reducing and preventing crime, President Trump’s decision to commandeer the police and fill the streets with National Guard servicemembers – who are not trained to act as police officers–is not simply a matter of political theater and distraction. It also poses a dire threat to longstanding efforts to foster trust between the police and the communities they serve, especially in light of President Trump’s claim that he would allow the police under his command to ‘do whatever the hell they want,’ raising concerns that the civil rights of D.C. residents may be sacrificed in the process." Source: The Leadership Conference

•    "Republicans introduced 14 bills or amendments to prohibit noncitizens from voting in D.C. or to repeal, nullify, or prohibit the carrying out of D.C.’s law that permits noncitizens to vote last Congress. Despite being fixated on the subject of D.C. elections, Republicans refuse to make the only election law change D.C. residents have asked Congress to make, which is the right to hold elections for voting members of the House and Senate by passing my D.C. statehood bill." Source: Del. Elanor Holmes Norton (Democrat, D.C.)