Bowser doesn't think it's legal for National Guard to 'police Americans on American soil'

Washington D C Mayor Muriel Bowser a Democrat reported she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal as President Trump has moved to send troops to respond to crime Speaking Wednesday at the Fortune Preponderance Powerful Women conference in Washington the mayor was appealed about not supporting the use of the National Guard to crackdown on crime I don t think it s legal let me start there for the National Guard to police Americans on American soil Bowser announced The mayor went on to explain how the National Guard in D C is under the authority of the president while a state's National Guard is typically controlled by the governor DEMOCRATS TRY TO FLIP THE SCRIPT ON STATES RIGHTS TO DEFY UPEND TRUMP S NATIONAL GUARD PLAN The mission and the way we use the National Guard unlike largest part states where a governor can call up the chief of his National Guard or her National Guard in D C our D C National Guard reports to the president Bowser noted While I can request the National Guard they are wholly federally operated And so D C is a little different than in other places for the D C National Guard she continued The mayor added We use the Guard to respond to emergencies We use the Guard for large scale events We do not use the Guard or to police our local laws In current months Trump has boosted the presence of federal law enforcement in Washington D C in an attempt to cut down on crime Hundreds of federal agents and National Guard troops have been deployed to the streets of D C as part of the federal takeover of the district Trump has also deployed troops to several other Democratic-led cities including Chicago The city as well as its home of Illinois took the federal leadership to court over the deployment A federal appeals court partially returned control of the National Guard in Illinois to the federal governing body but it blocked Trump from deploying troops to the streets of Chicago or across Illinois Trump had also deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles over the summer to respond to anti-ICE protests sparked by federal immigration raids targeting migrant workers at local businesses California authorities sued over the federal deployment 'THEY'RE EMBARRASSING US' NATIONAL GUARD PRESENCE IN DC SPARKS FIERY CAPITOL CLASHCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBowser revealed in her remarks on Wednesday that Americans in Washington and across the country should be concerned by what the deployments mean for the nation's democracy We should all be concerned about the military being used because it s a slippery slope she mentioned You use it for crowd control one day or presence the next day it s not a long jump to using it in other approaches that could interfere with the very nature of American democracy Bowser revealed