If Republicans support this, they're even dumber than I thought. This would allow Trump to target them where they work in a way he couldn't before. Oh well! Via the Washington Post:

House Republicans are weighing a slate of legislation that would overhaul criminal justice policies in D.C. and further restrict home rule — including a proposal that would remove the city’s locally elected attorney general and replace him with a presidential appointee, according to a draft summary of the policies shared with congressional staffers and obtained by The Washington Post.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are considering the 14 proposals against the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s ongoing effort to federalize local police and crack down on crime, immigrants and quality-of-life is

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