{"id":46000,"date":"2025-08-18T14:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=act&p=46000"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:01:19","slug":"tell-congress-stop-trumps-d-c-takeover","status":"publish","type":"act","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/actions\/tell-congress-stop-trumps-d-c-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Congress: STOP Trump’s D.C. Takeover"},"template":"","class_list":["post-46000","act","type-act","status-publish","hentry","act_type-letter-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","act_type":44,"location":46,"related_issues":false,"related_work":[1962,2096],"button_text":"","secondary_link":"","hero_cta_type":"none","hero_cta":null,"hero_cta_text":"","start_date_time":"","end_date_time":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}],"platform":"action_network","platform_id":"action_network:d64c2cfb-5a79-4e46-90cd-27b0c5c4563c","tm_actions_platform":{"event_type":"advocacy_campaigns","platform_url":"","summary":"","description":"

President Trump is declaring a phony \u201cstate of emergency\u201d in Washington, D.C., federalizing the local police, and putting his cronies in charge \u2013 against the wishes of D.C.\u2019s residents and elected leaders. <\/strong>[1] \r\n<\/p>\r\n

It's obvious this isn't really about crime (which is at record lows in D.C. [2]), but rather a blatant attempt to make D.C. residents feel like they aren't safe in their own homes, suppress dissent, and take attention away from how Trump\u2019s policies are leaving people worse off. \r\n<\/p>\r\n

Trump is seizing power \u2013 and his administration is signaling that they will keep the National Guard ready to roll into any <\/em>city or state at a moment\u2019s notice. [3] If Congress doesn\u2019t stop him now, nowhere will be off limits.<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Lawmakers have introduced resolutions in the House and Senate to STOP Trump\u2019s phony \u201cemergency\u201d and return power to D.C. officials. [4] Now it\u2019s on all of us to demand our members of Congress act now<\/em> and pass it.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

To get started, click the \"Make a Call\" button.<\/strong> You'll receive a call from an 844 number. Pick up to get connected to Congress.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Once you\u2019re connected, here\u2019s what you could say:<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\"My name is ____ and I'm a constituent from [CITY] urging you to support and co-sponsor the Termination Resolution, HJ Res 115 to stop Trump's DC Takeover.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Trump\u2019s so-called emergency in D.C. is a power grab that endangers residents who never asked for it. If Congress fails to act, nothing will stop him from taking this nationwide. Please act now. Thank you.\"\r\n<\/p>\r\n

If no one picks up, please leave a message \u2013 it\u2019ll count!
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[1] https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/11\/nx-s1-5498666\/trump-is-taking-over-d-c-police-and-sending-in-the-national-guard-locals-are-furious
[2] https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low#
[3] https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/08\/12\/national-guard-civil-unrest\/
[4] https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/aug\/15\/democrats-trump-dc-police-resolution \r\n<\/p>","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/call_campaigns\/photos\/000\/005\/182\/original\/CC_Petition_DC_Takeover_2.jpg","browser_url":"https:\/\/act.commoncause.org\/call_campaigns\/tell-congress-stop-trumps-dc-takeover","address":"","timezone":"","latitude":"","longitude":"","is_virtual":false,"start_date":"","end_date":"","embed":"