Trump Warns D.C. Risks Losing Home Rule If Socialist Mayoral Candidate Elected

Lewis George responded by calling Trump’s comments an attack on democracy.

“We’re not going to get ICE off our streets by fearing this president,” she said. “And we’re not going to protect our rights or home rule by obeying in advance.”

“Threatening home rule because you do not like how residents vote is an attack on democracy itself. The people of D.C. elect the mayor of D.C. And they want someone who will stand up to Donald Trump.”

The dispute comes as growing national attention is focused on the District’s mayoral race, which many observers view as another test of the Democratic Party’s increasingly far-left wing.

Lewis George has frequently been compared to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, another democratic socialist whose political rise has become a source of debate within Democratic circles.