Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her challengers, council members Robert C. White Jr. and Trayon White Sr., traded barbs at the televised debate, held at Georgetown University’s historic Gaston Hall.
The first 20 minutes of the hour-long debate focused on crime; while Robert White and Trayon White argued that Bowser had been too slow to support violence interrupters and other alternatives to policing, she accused them of reducing police funding in 2020 in a move that was more politically calculated than appropriate to the needs of the city.
Robert White said he would “stand up to developers” to persuade housing providers to build more units priced for working-class residents. “What the mayor has done to address affordable housing, she says she spent a lot of money. If you ask me how I fixed a hole in my roof and I say I spent a lot of money, I probably still have a hole in my roof,” he said.
“My parents always taught me to stand up for myself and defend myself and make sure people respect me. And that led me to oppose a sitting council member in her reelection,” she said. “I don’t regret standing up and defending myself, but I do regret that it got personal.”
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