Trump Says He Will Deploy National Guard to Washington

“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor — and worse. This is “Liberation Day” in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back. We’re taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States. I’m officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Do you know what that is? And placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control. “On behalf of D.C. communities, I’m here this morning to say that nothing Trump is doing right now is about our safety.” “That’s right.” [cheers]