GOP states to send National Guard troops to D.C.
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ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Van Hollen on “This Week" over President Trump deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
Fear in the streets. Buildings burning. Law enforcement struggling to tamp down violence and bring chaos under control.
At the order of President Donald Trump, 800 members of the US National Guard have been deployed to Washington, DC. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 12 press freedom groups call for the National Guard to respect journalists working in the capital city.
West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio are sending several hundred National Guard troops to Washington to bolster the federal deployment that President Donald Trump has ordered in his effort to reduce crime in the nation’s capital.
In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.
National Guard troops called on to active-duty by President Donald Trump arrived on the footsteps of the Washington Monument on Tuesday.
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