D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Asked Point-Blank If They Will Be Defiant Against Trump Orders

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During a press briefing on Monday, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser answered a question about planned defiance of President Donald Trump's executive orders to deploy national guard troops in the capital.

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00:00that the federal government can do.

00:05Jim Cousengara from the Boston Globe.

00:07Just to follow on his question,

00:09you at times in President Trump's first term

00:11were more confrontational with him,

00:13especially in 2020.

00:15You've tried to be more cooperative this time.

00:18Any second thoughts about that approach?

00:21Are you planning any sort of defiance,

00:24symbolic or whatever in light of this?

00:27Well, I would refer you to the law.

00:30Home Rule Charter, he referred to it.

00:34I would refer you to the executive order.

00:37And so everything that we have said

00:40maintains my authority given by the Home Rule Charter.

00:49Yep.

00:50Josh Chapin, Channel 7.

00:51I just want to be clear also that this ramp up,

00:53this emergency we're talking about is a brief period,

00:57like a 30-day period, am I right?

00:59The charter gives him a...

01:03The charter gives him...

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