Six states have agreed to send National Guard troops to Washington, in support of President Donald Trump’s mission to combat crime in the nation’s capital.
Just more than one week after President Donald Trump unveiled plans to deploy troops from the D.C. National Guard and to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, six states have pledged to send in their own National Guard troops to pitch in with the effort.
Now, National Guard troops from Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee are joining in on the Trump administration’s crackdown in Washington. Altogether, more than 2,000 National Guard troops are currently slated to participate in the Trump administration’s effort to address crime in the nation’s capital, and roughly 1,300 already have arrived in Washington.
As of Tuesday, approximately 500 West Virginia National Guard soldiers are in Washington where they are being briefed on their mission, a U.S. Army official told Fox News. Once training concludes, they are slated to join the D.C. National Guard in « supporting the mission as it currently exists », the official said.
On Monday, governors from Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana announced they would also dispatch National Guard troops from their respective states. Mississippi pledged 200 troops, Tennessee said it would send 160 troops, and Louisiana said it would deploy 135 troops.
Additionally, South Carolina said it would dispatch 200 troops, and Ohio said it plans to deploy 150 to support Trump’s mission.
