District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) is questioning the legality of deploying the National Guard to cities across the country, objecting to an effort President Trump has described as part of a crackdown on crime.

"I don't think it's legal, let me start there, for the National Guard to police Americans on American soil," Bowser said Wednesday when asked at the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference in Washington about not supporting "the use of the National Guard for public safety."

"The mission and the way we use the National Guard — unlike most states where a governor can call up the chief of his National Guard or her National Guard — in D.C., our D.C. National Guard reports to the president," the mayor added.

"While I can request........

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