DC mayor hits back after Trump calls her 'incompetent'
Bowser and Trump are at odds over the president's use of federal law enforcement agencies and military police to break up a protest on Monday night so he could have a photo op outside a church near the White House.
On Thursday, Bowser said at a news conference: “We want troops from out-of-state, out of Washington, D.C.,”.
On Friday, a U.S. official said the Pentagon would be sending back the remaining 900 active-duty troops who had been sent to the Washington, D.C., area to potentially respond to civil unrest.
Trump on Friday used his favorite medium Twitter to deliver a barbed response to Bowser. "The incompetent Mayor of Washington, D.C., @MayorBowser, who’s budget is totally out of control and is constantly coming back to us for “handouts”, is now fighting with the National Guard, who saved her from great embarrassment... ...over the last number of nights. If she doesn’t treat these men and women well, then we’ll bring in a different group of men and women!"
Bowser on Friday was asked about it in a news conference and she responded with, "You know the thing about the pot and the kettle", referring to the idiom - "The pot calling the kettle black".
