Durkan rails against Trump on homelessness: 'It is time to end this political game'
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan went after President Donald Trump for his comments on homelessness and called for the federal government to do more to solve the crisis of homelessness in cities across the country.
In an op-ed published Thursday in Politico, titled "Don't let Trump take the lead on housing," Durkan and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called attention to how widespread the issue of homelessness is and said it hasn't received the "thoughtful national attention it deserves."
"Let's be clear: Cities have been asking for help. We desperately need collaboration from the federal government, with its unique ability to catalyze fundamental policy change and make investments at the scale the problem demands," Durkan and Kenney said in the op-ed.
"But instead of looking for ways to support and partner with America's cities to help solve this human crisis, Trump hurls insults, floats poisonous policy proposals and pushes sensational headlines, not solutions. It is time to end this political game."
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