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The Breakfast Club

INTERVIEW: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Speaks On Trump's Takeover To 'Clean Up D.C'

The Breakfast Club

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Comedy

4.414.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Today on The Breakfast Club, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Speaks On Trump's Takeover To 'Clean Up D.C'. Listen For More!

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1:28.5

of the D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973, which is basically giving him temporary control over the nation's

1:35.1

capital. And he's also activated the National Guard because he said the crime rate is just

1:41.0

through the roof in D.C. Why do you think this is happening, Mad Bouser?

1:46.1

Well, you know, Trump had, the president has had a long fascination with D.C.

1:52.4

He left D.C. during the height of COVID.

1:56.1

And I think he had a picture of homelessness that has struck has struck with him you heard him on the campaign

2:03.6

trail talking about DC and in a lot of ways DC is a proxy for American cities and his his

2:11.9

administration has taken a very aggressive stance against American cities. He thinks that people in cities don't support him.

2:23.0

He's very aware of the number of people that voted for him in D.C. And so he has taken an

2:30.3

aggressive stance. I heard some of what you've said. The numbers just don't justify

2:36.0

the action. We have seen a precipitous lessening of crime in the city, violent crime especially,

2:46.0

after a post-COVID spike that we acknowledged and we got after and we drove down the numbers in

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