President Donald Trump said he will meet with Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for D.C. mayor, but said that he will not let D.C. “be destroyed by a Communist adherent” in a social media post on Sunday.
In an interview with News4’s Mark Segraves, Lewis George said she believes the Bowser administration has not pushed back strongly enough against federal intrusion and emphasized that she would prioritize building and leveraging stronger relationships with Congress.
“This is absolutely a change election and I’m excited to bring the change that people want, which is really putting people first in the city and having the moral clarity and courage to stand up to Trump,” Lewis George said, according to an article by The Associated Press.
Trump has strongly opposed Lewis George’s stances and said, “In the end, it will never work out, nor will I let it even have a chance” in the social media post.
Earlier in June, Trump threatened D.C. home rule if Lewis George were to win the Democratic primary.
“Well, I wouldn’t like it, and maybe we’d take back Washington and run it on the federal basis,” Trump said. “We won’t put up with it. We’re not going to lose our businesses. By the way, Washington, now, is a safe, beautiful place.”
“We are not going to get ICE off our streets by fearing the president, and we are not going to be able to stand up for our autonomy and fight for D.C. statehood, ultimately, by just complying in advance,” Lewis George responded in a statement.
“The reality is that the people of D.C. vote for the mayor of D.C. and the president threatening home rule because he doesn’t like how residents may vote, to me is an attack on democracy itself,” she said in an interview with News4’s Joseph Olmo earlier in June.
News4 reached out to Lewis George for comment on the president’s post.
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