Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are all but daring President Donald Trump to take control of the local government that oversees Washington D.C.

Others in the GOP are aghast at the idea, which Trump teased again last week.

“We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to — we could run D.C.,” Trump told reporters Tuesday.

“We would run it so good. It would be run so proper, we’d get the best person to run it. The crime would be down to a minimal, would be much less. We're thinking about doing it, to be honest with you.”

Just down Pennsylvania Ave., at the Capitol, some Republicans are cheering the president on.

“If we can’t take care of our nation’s capital, what do we expect out of these other cities? It's awful. Look at the streets, littered,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) told Raw Story. “That'd be pretty easy. I'd love to own that. Let me do it.”

Others in the GOP are praying the president’s joking about seizing power from local elected leaders and that allies like Tuberville never get near the reins of power in the capital.

“I don’t think that's a good idea,” Sen. Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) told Raw Story. “We seem to have a good system right now that's worked pretty well.”