Several DC lawmakers slammed Trump's latest plan to combat crime in the nation's capital, while the police union expressed their support.

The union representing DC police officers is backing Trump’s takeover move, though it called for the federal intervention to be temporary. Union chairman Gregg Pemberton said it agrees with the president that “immediately action is necessary” to tamp down crime.

Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, seemed resigned to President Trump’s announced takeover of local police, telling reporters that the city’s home rule charter gave him the right to do so.