Mamdani-style DC mayoral hopeful dragged over 'exactly backwards' response to violent teen mobs
Days after another violent teen brawl broke out in Washington, D.C., a socialist mayoral candidate being hailed as D.C.’s version of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism...
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Days after another violent teen brawl broke out in Washington, D.C., a socialist mayoral candidate being hailed as D.C.’s version of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism for her "exactly backwards" response to the "unchecked chaos" rocking the nation’s capital. During the D.C. mayoral debate Monday night, City Council member and candidate Janeese Lewis George condemned curfews for youth in the city, calling the policy "dangerous." Instead, Lewis George, who is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and was dubbed by Axios "D.C.'s version of Zohran Mamdani," said the city should "expand our youth programming" through youth centers and apprenticeships. Meanwhile, she suggested the real threat to D.C.’s youth is the "federal troops" and "masked ICE agents" patrolling the city. "Right now, using the curfew as a tool for our young people is dangerous. It is dangerous because we have federal troops who are in our city, masked ICE agents who are in our city, and these are the people enforcing this law and our young people, and these are not individuals who are trained in de-escalation, they are not accountable to D.C. residents," she said. DSA-LINKED DC COUNCILMEMBER MOUNTS MAYORAL BID TO SUCCEED BOWSER "As mayor," she said, "I think it's important that we use the right tools, and we don't put the risk of our youth being harmed or killed without the real oversight that's necessary." Instead of curfews, Lewis George said, "What we do is expand our youth programming. We do summer youth employment throughout the year, extended hours. We expand our centers. We leverage our unions and apprenticeships to create jobs and pathways for our young people. We give them the tools they need to succeed, and we address chronic absenteeism." Lewis George also vowed to expand universal access to childcare in D.C., "so that no family is spending more than 7% of their income on childcare." In response, Charles Fain Lehman, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institut…