# So, this is it, right? (Trump Announces He is Federalizing DC Police, and More) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 11, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-it-right-trump-announces-he-is-federalizing-dc-police-and-more/1021929 "2025-08-11T15:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 143
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-it-right-trump-announces-he-is-federalizing-dc-police-and-more/1021929/143 "2025-08-13T18:20:08Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I don’t know…a mass uprising that lets Congressional Republicans know that if they don’t start representing all of their constituents and hold Trump et al accountable for their corruption they are going to get the bum’s rush _en masse_, a kind of #Occupy movement except with real leadership and teeth? I don’t see that happening, though; do you? IMHO it is because the Republican leadership told the R congress critters to stop doing the usual town halls to get feedback. It has been terrible for the few that dared to still do them, of course the “Liberal Media” (was there ever a more disingenuous line coming from the Republicans?) has not been reporting much on that unrest, but we all should continue to spread the work. > **[Republican met with loud boos, "shame" chants at town hall](https://www.newsweek.com/doug-lamalfa-republican-town-hall-2112778)** > > Republicans lawmakers have faced the scorn of voters over the Trump administration's policies in recent months. > **[Claire McCaskill: Republicans can run from their voters, but they can't hide](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/republican-angry-town-halls-mistake-trump-tariffs-rcna223867)** > > Republican lawmakers are avoiding town halls and underestimating just how stressed people feel about Trump's economic agenda. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-it-right-trump-announces-he-is-federalizing-dc-police-and-more/1021929)._