3 states deploys National Guard troops to Washington
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The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced they will deploy up to 750 members of the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
National Guard troops scaled up their presence in D.C. Thursday, with several stationed around the National Mall, at Union Station, on the subway, and other places.
After law enforcement set up a vehicle checkpoint along the busy 14th Street Northwest corridor, hecklers shouted, “Go home, fascists” and “Get off our streets.”
President Trump is calling up the D.C. National Guard and federal law enforcement to address crime in the capital.
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400 National Guard members descend upon DC; expanded crime crackdown expected Wednesday night
A National Guard deployment reacheed 400 members in Washington as a federal operation began targeting crime and homelessness around the clock Wednesday.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Tuesday slammed President Trump’s move to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., as lacking “seriousness” amid the president’s push to combat crime in the nation’s capital.
Trump has deployed 120 FBI agents to overnight patrols in Washington, DC, vowing to clear homeless encampments and crack down on crime despite city leaders insisting crime is down.