Dems Want Mayor Bowser – Who REFUSED Troops for Jan 6 – to Have Full ‘Commander-in-Chief’ Powers in DC.

Senate Democrats introduced legislation to designate the Mayor of Washington D.C. as the Commander in Chief of the National Guard – despite reports Mayor Muriel Bowser refused to deploy the troops ahead of January 6th and during violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots.  The January bill – District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act – seeks to “extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States.” Appearing to be in response to the events on January 6th at the