Mayor Muriel Bowser has departed Washington, D.C., for Martha’s Vineyard as federal agents and National Guard troops occupy the city’s streets just days after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Bowser left for the ritzy Massachusetts island just south of Cape Cod to attend to a family matter, her office told NOTUS.
“The Mayor has a family commitment and had to pick up her daughter. She will return to the District tomorrow,” the mayor’s office said in a statement.