End Trump's Military Occupation of Washington, DC

Donald Trump has turned our nation's capital into a militarized political stunt — and Congress must end it.

Thousands of National Guard troops are still patrolling the nation’s capital, even though new reporting shows they have done almost nothing to stop serious crime. Instead, troops have been tied to a tiny fraction of criminal cases, mostly minor offenses, while residents are forced to live with armed soldiers on their streets.

This is a dangerous abuse of power aimed at normalizing military occupation in an American city. DC residents deserve real investments in safety, housing, mental health care, violence prevention, and community support — not troops used as props for Trump’s authoritarian agenda.

Tell Congress: "End the military occupation of Washington, DC. Defund Trump’s National Guard deployment, restore local control, and invest in real community safety instead."

The deployment is also wasting enormous sums of public money. The Trump administration has estimated that keeping the Guard in DC through 2029 could cost roughly $1.4 billion. That money could fund housing, trauma recovery, mental health crisis response, and services that actually make communities safer.

Meanwhile, DC has become a testing ground for federal overreach because residents still lack full statehood and full democratic representation. If Congress allows Trump to keep troops on the streets of DC with no real emergency, it sets a terrifying precedent for every city in America.

Add your name to the petition and demand Congress end Trump’s military occupation of Washington, DC before this becomes the new normal.

The petition to Congress reads: "End the military occupation of Washington, DC. Defund Trump’s National Guard deployment, restore local control, protect DC home rule, and invest in real community safety instead."