Capitol Hill Democrats, the Republicans exchange shots on the National Guard at DC

Congress Democrats explode President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Washington, DC, while local officials fight in court to send the troops home.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver, D-MO., Qualified the deployment of service members as part of Trump’s repression against crime in the “horrible” district.

“It is absolutely one of the most ridiculous things, and they embarrass us on the world scene,” said Cleaver. “Because we are there, the citadel of democracy, and very clearly erasing a little of this” D “every day when we send troops to Washington, DC, when Mayor Bowser did not ask for them.”

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President Donald Trump visits the American police operations center Anacostia on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Senator Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Argued that the troops patrolling the streets made the city safer.

“It’s a new day,” he said. “As for the Democrats, look, I don’t know why they don’t believe in security and security.”

The deployment by Trump of the National Guard within Washington comes after its decision to federalize local police forces through the law on the rule of domicile last month, and this is part of a wave of federal law enforcement agents that have patrol the streets since.

The mayor of the district Muriel Bowser acknowledged that Trump’s takeover has helped reduce crime to Washington, DC, going so far as to sign an executive decree encouraging more in -depth cooperation with federal crime officials.

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The members of the National Guard were among the demonstrators at Union Station in Washington, DC (Fox News Digital / Emma Woodhead)

But DC prosecutor Brian Schwalb continued the administration earlier this week in order to withdraw the district national guard.

“We should not use the guard for this, but we should coordinate our federal partners locally,” said senator Peter Welch, D-VT.

His trial came in the heels of a judge who ruled that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles earlier this year was illegal. Schwalb argued in his pursuit that a law of the 1870s prevents interior police troops.

“It’s just a matter of common sense,” said senator John Hoeven, RN.D. “And I think that the Democrats should reach out by saying,” Great, how do we work together to make sure that the district is as sure as possible in favor of everyone? “”

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The representative Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., Expresses himself at a press conference on the steps of the East house on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2020. (APPO PHOTO / CAROLYN KASTER)

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Argued that the troops at DC were “simple”.

“The crime was quite high in Washington, DC, right? And then Trump acted, and now crime is 97%decrease,” she said. “What’s wrong with that?”

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Senator Martin Heinrich, DN.M., noted that the deployment of the National Guard in his country of origin had helped the police. Earlier this year, the Democratic Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham called on state custody to help local police fight fentanyl and juvenile crime.

But Heinrich replied that the use of troops by Trump did not really aim to safeguard the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

“I fear that what we see at DC does not really support police activities and is more distraction of the Epstein situation,” he said.