Ep. 2258 - Trump TAKES OVER Washington DC?!
The Ben Shapiro Show
The Daily Wire
4.4 • 152.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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| 2:18.3 | government of the United States. That was the establishment of Washington, D.C. under the Constitution, |
| 2:22.9 | it was supposed to be, whatever, 10 square miles, and that became Washington, D.C. Now, the Congress |
| 2:29.1 | of the United States has delegated some authority to local home rule under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973. |
| 2:37.1 | An elected mayor was created as well as a city council that allowed for a degree of self-government, |
| 2:42.3 | but Congress retains the power to approve or overturn D.C. laws and budgets. And the Home Rule Act |
| 2:47.9 | bars the D.C. Council from certain actions. So that action remains in the |
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