3 GOP-led states to send National Guard troops to D.C. at Trump team's request
Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.
West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 Guard troops; South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio said it would send 150 in the coming days, marking a significant escalation of the federal intervention.
The moves came as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and National Guard troops fanning out in the heavily Democratic city after President Trump’s executive order federalizing local police forces and activating about 800 District of Columbia National Guard members.
By adding outside troops to the existing D.C. Guard deployment and federal law enforcement presence, Trump is exercising even tighter control over the city. It’s a power play that the president has justified as an emergency response to crime and homelessness, even though city officials have noted that violent crime is lower than it was during Trump’s first term in office.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-08-16/west-virginia-sends-hundreds-of-national-guard-members-to-washington-at-trump-teams-request
Looks like a second Civil War is lining up with GOP-led states against the rest of us.
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