4 GOP states send nearly 1,000 National Guard to D.C
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On Monday, DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto said 1000 additional National Guard troops were set to arrive from West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina and Mississippi. She added that some troops will likely be armed. Pinto added that the troops are patrolling the city with a 30-year crime low.
Along with the 800 D.C. National Guard members already mobilized in the city, the deployments announced would bring the number of Guard members to about 1,700.
The governors of Ohio, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia agreed to send National Guard troops from their states to aid President Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C.
"out of control." Advocates, lawmakers and many residents have pushed back on that characterization, which defies crime data. Republican governors have opted to bolster Trump’s forces by sending their own guardsmen to Washington beginning with Ohio,
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund accused Nancy Pelosi of repeatedly denying his requests for National Guard assistance before and during Jan. 6, amid her criticism of Trump sending in the Guard over Washington,
President Donald Trump slammed Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from the Oval Office on Thursday. The governor responded in a social media video, as a clash continues about the use of the National Guard.
This week, though, federal agents are fanning out across the nation's capital as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime in the city. The sometimes-masked agents joined members of the National Guard as well as the United States Park Police,