Credit: Fox News screenshot The head of the Washington, D.C. police department inadvertently proved once and for all today why President Trump had no choice but to federalize the DC police and send in the National Guard, as she proved incapable of answering a simple question. As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson reported, President Trump on Monday announced that he was invoking Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to place Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department under “direct federal control” and authorizing the Secretary of Defense to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, DC. “We’re formally declaring a public safety emergency. This is an emergency. This is a tragic emergency, and it’s embarrassing,” Trump said. “This city will no longer be a sanctuary for…
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