The article deliberately misleads on both the democrats stance and why they have it. Trump took federal control over DC, an unprecedented step, and has said he intends on taking federal control over multiple other blue cities as well. The Democratic stance is that unprecedented federal control over cities and militarizing crime response is authoritarian, counterproductive, and dangerous. That is not to comment on which stance is right, but the article deliberately misleads on what the left wing belief on the D.C issue is.