The Latest: Mayor says DC isn't to blame on parade

Washington's mayor is rejecting as "patently false" President Donald Trump's claim that the city exaggerated the costs of a proposed military parade.

Muriel Bowser spoke to The Associated Press on Friday after Trump canceled the parade because of soaring costs.

U.S. officials estimated the parade cost at $92 million. The city estimated its expenses would be $21.6 million, and Bowser said the city would have expected to have been reimbursed by the government.

Bowser said she opposes the parade regardless of the price.

She said that "as a taxpayer" she would rather see that money spent on other ways of honoring the military such as ensuring "no veteran goes homeless."

About $13 million of the city's expenses would be for police costs. Other expenses include fire, emergency medical services and transportation.

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