D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser took exception to a reporter’s reference to the increased federal presence in the District as a “takeover” and told a reporter, “There has been no takeover.”

But when asked about the increase in the number of National Guard troops in the District Wednesday, she said, “I don’t think the National Guard should be used for law enforcement.”

Instead, Bowser said, “They have to be used on, you know, mission specific items that benefit the nation. I don’t think you have an armed militia in the nation’s capital.”

D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith was asked about the department’s officers working alongside federal law enforcement, as well as the National Guard.

“We have federal officers engaged in executing search warrants around our city on a regular basis,” Smith said. “

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