US TV host Rachel Maddow took a jibe at President Donald Trump after his decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington DC. She said that the move was more about ‘authoritarian takeover/ than it was about controlling crime.
She stated that Trump enjoys using the military against the citizens of America instead of addressing genuine safety concerns on her the, ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’.
Maddow remarked, “Let’s be generous here. Maybe it’s not really just a generic tough-on-crime thing. Maybe it’s specifically because it’s DC, which is the seat of the U.S. federal government. Maybe [Trump’s] just really sensitive about protecting the federal government,” referring to Trump’s decision.
Speaking about the ‘authoritarian takeover’, Maddow stated, We clearly are now in the part of the attempted authoritarian takeover where our authoritarian leader just starts trying to turn our own military to face us, the people of this country.”
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She further criticized him for remaining silent on the incident of ‘shooting at the CDC headquarters’ in Atlanta. She emphasized that Trump’s military deployment aims to protect him from the protests against him rather than dealing with actual safety threats.
Trump announced that he is overtaking the control of Washington’s Police department on August 11. He said that he is activating 800 National Guard members to reduce crime.
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“We’re going to take our capital back,” Trump said. He asserted that he would get rid of the slums. The announcement was made with the attorney general, the defense secretary and the FBI director alongside Trump.
However, according to the DC authorities, crime rates were already declining at the time of the announcement.
