Bridget Todd

We have not been voting in presidential elections for very long when you think about it in the fullness of time. So when people are like, oh, you know, call your congressperson, call your elected official to oppose X, Y, Z, we really have, like, nobody to call. Our congressional representative, Eleanor Holmes Norton, cannot vote on bills that are being considered by the full House.

And so we really just, like, don't have a say. Whenever those big campaigns are going on, I'm like, oh, it must be nice to have, even if that person ignores you, it must be nice to have someone you can call, wouldn't know.

And so we really just, like, don't have a say. Whenever those big campaigns are going on, I'm like, oh, it must be nice to have, even if that person ignores you, it must be nice to have someone you can call, wouldn't know.

And so we really just, like, don't have a say. Whenever those big campaigns are going on, I'm like, oh, it must be nice to have, even if that person ignores you, it must be nice to have someone you can call, wouldn't know.

Exactly. It's just vibes. It's just vibes. So all of this matters for Trump's return to my hometown because as president, Trump has a lot more authority to dictate how things are run locally for D.C. residents like myself. You know, we all know that the Trump administration is hell bent on making all of our lives worse.

Exactly. It's just vibes. It's just vibes. So all of this matters for Trump's return to my hometown because as president, Trump has a lot more authority to dictate how things are run locally for D.C. residents like myself. You know, we all know that the Trump administration is hell bent on making all of our lives worse.

Exactly. It's just vibes. It's just vibes. So all of this matters for Trump's return to my hometown because as president, Trump has a lot more authority to dictate how things are run locally for D.C. residents like myself. You know, we all know that the Trump administration is hell bent on making all of our lives worse.

But imagine if Trump was also in charge of how your local police force in your city policed your city like that would be horrible, right? That sounds like a nightmare. And that threat is literally the reality that we are faced with here in D.C. So there's been some pretty big changes this time around in the Trump administration.

But imagine if Trump was also in charge of how your local police force in your city policed your city like that would be horrible, right? That sounds like a nightmare. And that threat is literally the reality that we are faced with here in D.C. So there's been some pretty big changes this time around in the Trump administration.

But imagine if Trump was also in charge of how your local police force in your city policed your city like that would be horrible, right? That sounds like a nightmare. And that threat is literally the reality that we are faced with here in D.C. So there's been some pretty big changes this time around in the Trump administration.

During his first administration, I feel like Trump largely ignored D.C. He would pick a fight every now and then, but he didn't really seem to meddle in how D.C. was run locally. That does not mean that he was not out in the district doing terrible things, which he very much was.

During his first administration, I feel like Trump largely ignored D.C. He would pick a fight every now and then, but he didn't really seem to meddle in how D.C. was run locally. That does not mean that he was not out in the district doing terrible things, which he very much was.

During his first administration, I feel like Trump largely ignored D.C. He would pick a fight every now and then, but he didn't really seem to meddle in how D.C. was run locally. That does not mean that he was not out in the district doing terrible things, which he very much was.

You might recall in 2020, during the racial justice uprisings in the wake of George Floyd's death, Trump cleared protesters using chemical agents so that he could go out in front of St. John's Church and like pose. With an upside down Bible. Upside down Bible. Remember that? Distressing. It was distressing. I was there that day and I'll say like it was like genuinely very excessive.

You might recall in 2020, during the racial justice uprisings in the wake of George Floyd's death, Trump cleared protesters using chemical agents so that he could go out in front of St. John's Church and like pose. With an upside down Bible. Upside down Bible. Remember that? Distressing. It was distressing. I was there that day and I'll say like it was like genuinely very excessive.

You might recall in 2020, during the racial justice uprisings in the wake of George Floyd's death, Trump cleared protesters using chemical agents so that he could go out in front of St. John's Church and like pose. With an upside down Bible. Upside down Bible. Remember that? Distressing. It was distressing. I was there that day and I'll say like it was like genuinely very excessive.

I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty of it. But in the aftermath of that event, internal reports made it clear that like it wasn't exactly clear what happened and under what authority. Like, was it D.C. 's local police force, Metropolitan PD? Was it federal park police? Like it really underscored the tensions of D.C. locally versus the federal government.

I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty of it. But in the aftermath of that event, internal reports made it clear that like it wasn't exactly clear what happened and under what authority. Like, was it D.C. 's local police force, Metropolitan PD? Was it federal park police? Like it really underscored the tensions of D.C. locally versus the federal government.

I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty of it. But in the aftermath of that event, internal reports made it clear that like it wasn't exactly clear what happened and under what authority. Like, was it D.C. 's local police force, Metropolitan PD? Was it federal park police? Like it really underscored the tensions of D.C. locally versus the federal government.

Like you genuinely never know when you see flashing blue and red lights. You genuinely it's like this could be federal. Like this could be federal. You never know. Have I just committed a federal traffic violation? Exactly.