3 states to deploy hundreds of National Guard members
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National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard will be deployed the streets of the nation’s capital as part of the Trump
President Donald Trump recently promised Washington would be "LIBERATED" from "Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum."
The Post mapped locations of law enforcement throughout D.C. in the days since Trump’s announcement to deploy the Guard.
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.
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.
A significantly larger National Guard presence is expected across Washington, D.C. starting Wednesday, as operations shift from evening patrols to around-the-clock deployment, according to a White House official.