8-13-25 Conservative Commandos: " DC Mayor Bowser changes her tone on Trump as crackdown ramps up!!

When Republicans pressured her over the giant “Black Lives Matter” lettering she installed in front of the White House during Trump’s first term, Bowser agreed to remove it. Her reasoning: The city had bigger fish to fry, particularly on managing the federal job cuts Trump has enacted this year.

Now, as Trump federalizes the police in the capital and deploys the National Guard, Bowser faces perhaps the biggest test to date of her leadership and her ability to navigate the White House. Bowser’s comments in response to the announcement illustrate how she’s often trying to communicate multiple messages at one time. Describing Trump’s executive action as “unsettling and unprecedented,” Bowser on Monday blasted the city’s lack of full autonomy without personalizing that frustration or criticizing Trump directly.

“I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past that we’re totally surprised,” she said. Minutes later, she suggested the federal intervention may work to the city’s benefit and told reporters she didn’t have the legal authority to stop Trump’s plans. “The fact that we have more law enforcement and presence in neighborhoods, that may be positive,” she said.

But Bowser struck a stronger tone during a virtual conversation with community leaders on Tuesday. Asked what residents can do, Bowser said, “This is a time where community needs to jump in and we all need to, to do what we can in our space, in our lane, to protect our city and to protect our autonomy, to protect our Home Rule, and get to the other side of this guy, and make sure we elect a Democratic House so that we have a backstop to this authoritarian push.” The following day, she responded to a question about her relationship with Trump saying, “I’m the mayor and he’s the president. I mean, that’s always been our relationship, and the DC mayor and the president of the United States will always have probably more interaction than any city in the rest of our country. So, we’re going to keep doing our job.”

By comparison, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump has no credibility in the law and order space.