It cost up to $2.6 million a day for the National Guard to deploy in DC [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

IDREES ALI AND MAKINI BRICE, REUTERS 58 MINUTES AGO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops in response to protests on the streets of Washington, endorsed by President Donald Trump and much criticized by the city's mayor, cost the federal government $2.6 million per day at its peak, U.S. officials told Reuters.

A Reuters analysis of National Guard data showed that over the course of a week starting June 1, the deployments cost about $14.5 million.

At the peak, about 1,200 D.C. National Guard troops and 3,900 from other states were sent to the capital to back law enforcement during demonstrations that erupted over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died in Minneapolis police custody after being pinned beneath a white officer’s knee for nearly nine minutes.

Blazes erupted near the White House on May 31 as protests flared up in the district.

Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen called Trump's use of states' National Guard troops against people peacefully protesting "an affront to our Constitution" and an example of Republicans undermining the District of Columbia's right to self-governance.

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