Capitol Hill riots: DC mayor calls for statehood, wants National Guard power removed from president
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bower on Thursday called for statehood for the District of Columbia and demanded that power over the D.C. National Guard transition from the president to the mayor, as law enforcement now reviews its response to the breach of the Capitol building by pro-Trump protesters. Bowser communicated three priorities for Congress that she said are important for the district – first, to get statehood on the president’s desk within the first 100 days of the 117th Congress.The second is that Congress "must immediately transfer command of the D.C.