Texas Democratic U.S. House Representative Jasmine Crockett came out swinging after President Donald Trump invoked emergency powers to take federal control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police for 30 days, deploying National Guard and federal agents, and bypassing local authorities amid controversy over legality and D.C.’s autonomy.
In her post on X, Crockett wrote, “The man in the White House wants to ‘crack down’ on crime in D.C.… cute. The audacity of sitting in the Oval Office with felony charges and thinking you can lecture anyone on ‘law and order.’
