Washington, DC, voters head to the polls Tuesday for a mayoral primary dominated by a debate over how Democrats want leadership to respond to the Trump administration.
Leading candidates Janeese Lewis George and Kenyan McDuffie both pledge to protect home rule amid federal interference threats.
Trump suggested last week that he might move to bring the district back under federal control if Lewis George, a democratic socialist, wins.
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Janeese Lewis George, a Washington, DC, councilmember and leading candidate for mayor, was knocking on doors when her team got word that President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t “put up with it” if the democratic socialist wins her Tuesday primary.
