Senate Democrat: Trump ‘playing dictator,’ pushing democracy to ‘brink’

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) accused President Trump of a “raw authoritarian power grab” after the president moved to federalize Washington, D.C.’s police department and call the National Guard to the district’s streets. “He’s playing dictator in our nation’s capital as a dress rehearsal as he pushes democracy to the brink,” Van Hollen wrote on...