The Trump administration threatened to use veto powers Wednesday over legislation that would grant Washington, D.C., statehood, which is set to be voted on the House floor this week. The letter also added that if the bill were to make it through congress, President Trump’s advisers would direct him to veto the legislation. HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS MOBILIZED TO PROTECT DC MONUMENTS AMID PROTESTS“If, as H.R. Both D.C. and Wyoming share three Electoral College votes. The issue of D.C. statehood became a heightened talking point during the recent George Floyd protests in the nation’s capital, when Trump made an effort to use military force to crack down on demonstrators, a move that was at odds with D.C. leadership.

Source: Fox News June 25, 2020 02:15 UTC