{"id":2410779,"date":"2025-03-06T22:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowser-denies-trump-ordered-dc-to-clean-up-homeless-encampments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T22:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:47:31","slug":"bowser-denies-trump-ordered-dc-to-clean-up-homeless-encampments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowser-denies-trump-ordered-dc-to-clean-up-homeless-encampments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowser denies Trump ordered DC to clean up homeless encampments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbowser-denies-trump-ordered-dc-to-clean-up-homeless-encampments-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410779&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent issue concerning homelessness in Washington, D.C.,Mayor Muriel\u200b Bowser responded to President Donald Trump&#8217;s remarks about cleaning up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-joins-hundreds-of-protesters-urging-9th-circuit-to-scrap-ban-on-city-clearing-homeless-encampments\/\" title=\"SF Mayor joins protesters urging 9th Circuit to end ban on ... homeless camps.\">homeless\u2062 encampments<\/a>. \u2063Trump \u2062directed\u200d Bowser to take action, suggesting \u200cthat if she failed to do so, his management would intervene. Bowser denied that \u200bTrump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-sets-new-standard-for-true-threats\/\" title=\"Supreme Court establishes fresh criteria for ...True Threats....\">statements constituted<\/a> an order, stating that her administration\u2063 would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">manage teh situation independently<\/a>.\u200c However, following Trump&#8217;s comments, her team\u200d expedited the \u2064clearing of \u200da specific\u2064 encampment near the State Department. Bowser indicated\u2064 that while the \u200cencampments often exist on federal property, her administration is available\u200c to assist. Critics, \u2062including Scott Schenkelberg from Miriam\u2019s Kitchen, expressed concern \u2064that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prospective-nyu-students-egged-on-campus-tour-amid-citys-homeless-crisis\/\" title=\"Prospective NYU Students Egged on Campus Tour amid City&#039;s Homeless Crisis\">removing encampments<\/a> without adequate\u2064 support can\u2062 exacerbate the challenges \u200cfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-declare-unlawful-assembly-at-echo-lake-park-city-moves-to-clear-out-homeless-encampments\/\" title=\"LAPD declare unlawful assembly at Echo Lake Park, city moves to clear out homeless ...\">homeless individuals<\/a>, merely shifting the issue rather than resolving it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bowser denies Trump ordered DC to clean up homeless encampments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2030644\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Washington, D.C., Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muriel-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Muriel Bowser<\/a> said President Donald Trump&rsquo;s insistence that the city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339577\/trump-calls-bowser-clean-up-dc-homeless-encampments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">needs to clean up<\/a> homeless encampments was not an order.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Bowser that she must clean up homeless encampments outside of the State Department and near the White House or they would be &ldquo;forced to do it for her&rdquo; in a Wednesday afternoon Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340248\/trump-battles-forum-shopping\/\">Trump battles &#8216;forum shopping&#8217; amid liberal lawsuit surge&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340281\/trump-extend-tiktok-sale-deadline-agreement-china\/\">Trump will &#8216;probably&#8217; extend TikTok sale deadline if agreement not reached<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340114\/trump-elon-musk-stranded-astronauts\/\">Trump tells astronauts stranded in space: &#8216;We&#8217;re coming up to get you&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her! Washington, D.C. must become CLEAN and SAFE! We want to be proud of our Great Capital again. Thank you Mayor Bowser for your efforts on behalf of the Citizens of our Country,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Hopefully you will be successful!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Trump&rsquo;s pointed notification on Thursday, Bowser demurred.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not ordering us to do anything,&rdquo; she said. <\/p>\n<p>Though Bowser refused to call the notification an order, her government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/03\/06\/homeless-trump-dc-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sped up the clearing<\/a> of an encampment, by the E Street Expressway near Virginia Avenue NW, after the notification. That encampment is near the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We responded to the location identified,&rdquo; she said, adding that there was no agreement with the administration when a staffer called her to tell her about Trump&rsquo;s wishes. &ldquo;I said &lsquo;Thanks for the notice &mdash; we&rsquo;ll take care of it.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The district already planned to speed up the clearing of several homeless encampments between Feb. 27 and March 13, a district spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/03\/06\/homeless-trump-dc-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also said many of the encampments are on federal property, meaning the government is responsible for them, but that the district &ldquo;is still here to help.&rdquo; Bowser explained that the federal government does not have the same shelter system that Washington does.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315975\/doge-doing-across-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRACKING WHAT DOGE IS DOING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether the district followed the proper protocol in clearing the encampment. Residents of the encampment are supposed to be given two weeks&rsquo; notice, but some reportedly said they were only given 24 hours to clear out.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Schenkelberg, president and CEO of Miriam&rsquo;s Kitchen, told the outlet that clearing encampments can make it more difficult for homeless people to find housing: &ldquo;Really all you&rsquo;re doing by closing an encampment &mdash; unless there are obvious health and safety reasons to close an encampment &mdash; is hiding a problem and further causing trauma to the people living in the encampments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2030644\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2030644\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowser refutes Trump&#8217;s claim he ordered DC to clear homeless camps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2410780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/muriel-bowser-press-conference-inauguration-security.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20645,41291,33136,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2410779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bowser","tag-dc-politics","tag-homeless-encampments","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/muriel-bowser-press-conference-inauguration-security.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410779"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410783,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410779\/revisions\/2410783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}