1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

Deploying the national guard in DC is yet another instance of gross abuse of the presidency. This is a manufactured crisis. DC is as safe as it's been for 30 years. Trump refused to deploy the national guard promptly to stop his January 6th coup attempt. Now he appears to be violating the posse comitatus act. This is also a gross misuse of resources that could be spent caring for our veterans, feeding the hungry, repairing roads, improving education, providing medical care. DC did not ask for this. America did not ask for this. It is wasteful, inflammatory, unnecessary-- and it reeks of aspiring authoritarian control. I ask you to speak out against this deployment; do oversight, make criminal referrals where appropriate. And make DC a state as soon as possible. Also: impeach Trump.