LA Mayor Karen Bass: D.C., Like LA, Is A Test Case For Trump To Say "We Can Take Over Your City Whenever We Want"

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reacts to a potential takeover of Washington D.C. policing by the executive branch in an interview with CNN's Kasie Hunt on Monday. Bass, who opposed Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles this summer, said that Trump is using his presidential powers to "literally take over law enforcement."

KASIE HUNT: Madam Mayor, is there any world where you feel that this would be appropriate in a city like Los Angeles? Are there any circumstances under which you would welcome the president bringing in the National Guard?

LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, sure, absolutely. I mean, there have been examples of it when we actually really did have civil unrest. We don't need the president to do that.

In California, of course, it's our governor. That if we