GOP States Send Hundreds of National Guard Troops
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Republican governors are sending hundreds of National Guard troops to aid in Trump's takeover of policing in D.C.
Three Republican-led US states will send members of their National Guard forces to Washington, DC to bolster the roughly 800 troops President Donald Trump has already deployed to the city.
The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
A White House spokesperson told CBS News that while deployed National Guard members "may be armed," they will not make arrests.
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.
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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.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.