'Do I have to answer to you?' Trump reportedly facing major 'pushback from DC residents'
Donald Trump's growing advancement into DC isn't going unnoticed by residents, according to a report.
An incident involving federal agents and a sex toy is at the center of what's going on in DC, according to a Mother Jones piece.
"In a small park in northwest Washington on Friday, a group of what appeared to be eight federal agents posed for a picture in front of an anti-ICE banner. Then they tore down the sign and departed with it. In its place they appeared to have left a d----," the report states. "We can’t be sure how much thought the feds gave to their actions. But by removing a banner because they didn’t like what it said, then depositing a rubber d--- in a park frequented by children, they crisply conveyed what Donald Trump’s occupation of DC is really about."
According to the report, "Less than a week into the occupation, Trump’s display of authoritarianism, famously greeted by a Subway sandwich-chucking now-former DOJ employee, is still ramping up. But it is facing mounting pushback from DC residents."
The outlet cites how, on Friday, "DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, after waffling slightly between defiance and efforts to maintain cordial relations with the White House, moved toward opposition."
"The district sued to block Trump’s effort to seize control of its Metropolitan Police, arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s attempt to install Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole as head of the force was illegal. DC got a quick, if partial, victory on Friday, when Judge Ana Reyes persuaded the DOJ to walk back Bondi’s order and remove Cole as de facto head of the department," the report states.
The report includes several anecdotes from DC, including this one from a journalist:
"On Saturday, independent journalist Marisa Kabas posted a video that shows a half dozen masked federal agents tasing and punching a unarmed man while subduing him. The video does not show what prompted the confrontation. Asked by onlookers for identification and what agency they work for, one agent responds: 'Do I have to answer to you?' And: 'I don’t care my guy.'"