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  "textContent": "President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C., depending on the results of next week's mayoral primary.\n\nOn Thursday, Trump was asked about next Tuesday's Democratic mayoral primary election. D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist, is considered the frontrunner.\n\nLewis George leads the latest polling by 11% over former councilmember Kenyan McDuffie.\n\nWhen asked how he'd feel if Lewis George were to win Tuesday's primary, Trump said that he \"wouldn't like it.\"\n\n**RELATED:** Here's who is running in DC's mayoral primary on June 16\n\n\"Well, I wouldn't like it, and maybe we'll take back Washington and run it on the federal basis,\" Trump said. \"We won't put up with it. We're not going to lose our business.\"\n\nTrump did not elaborate on what he meant by \"losing\" business.\n\n## What is the Home Rule Act?\n\nWhile the Home Rule Act established the D.C. Council in 1973, one section of the law lets the president take over the Metropolitan Police Department for 48 hours or up to 30 days during emergencies, according to The Associated Press.\n\n## Janeese Lewis George responds\n\nIn a statement to FOX 5, Lewis George called the threat \"an attack on democracy itself.\n\n\"We are not going to get ICE off our streets by fearing this president,\" Lewis George said. \"We are not going to protect our rights or Home Rule by obeying in advance. Threatening Home Rule because you do not like how residents vote is an attack on democracy itself. The people of DC elect the mayor of DC. And they want someone who will stand up to Donald Trump.\"\n\nD.C.'s primary election is on Tuesday, June 16.",
  "title": "Trump threatens DC home rule if Janeese Lewis George wins mayoral primary"
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