Democrat Urges GOP Not To Let Trump 'Take Over This Country As A Fascist Dictator'

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) slammed the president's federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police before arguing it's "clearly" a distraction from another scandal.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) slammed congressional Republicans on Wednesday for allowing Donald Trump “to roll over our democracy” — and warned the president could become “a fascist dictator” if they vote in favor of extending his powers in the Home Rule Act in Washington, D.C.

Trump invoked the 1973 law Monday to federalize D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department to quell the purported “bedlam” there. He later deployed National Guard troops, despite the department’s own year-to-date comparison on violent crime showing a 26% drop.

Goldman condemned the federal takeover during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” and was asked if Republicans really are as “unanimous” about potentially extending the Home Rule Act’s 30-day timeframe as Trump suggested earlier that day.

“I would really, really hope not, because the militarization of our cities and our domestic law enforcement violates the Posse Comitatus law and violates everything that we believe in … [as] Americans,” the New York Democrat told co-host Alicia Menendez.

“But just as I thought there would be Republicans who would stand up for their constituents and prevent them from losing health care, prevent them from losing food benefits, prevent billions of dollars of offshore wind investment in their own districts … they didn’t,” he noted.