Trump Live Updates: More Republican-Led States Pledge National Guard Troops for D.C. - The New York Times
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Mississippi and Louisiana will send National Guard troops to D.C.
ImageNational Guard members at Union Station in Washington on Monday.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times
The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana said on Monday that they would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, joining three other Republican-led states that have recently heeded President Trump's request to fill the nation's capital with troops.
Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi, a Republican, echoed Mr. Trump's exaggerated portrayal of Washington as lawless, saying in a statement that he would send 200 troops because "Americans deserve a safe capital city that we can all be proud of."
Violent crime has fallen rapidly in Washington in recent years, reaching a 30-year low. Mr. Trump claims, without evidence, that the city is fabricating crime statistics to hide its descent into a dystopian hellscape and has fudged statistics himself to justify his takeover. District leaders say the Trump administration has made combating crime harder through budget cuts and inaction.
The Louisiana National Guard said in a statement that "as directed by the president of the United States," it was sending 135 members to Washington to "protect federal buildings, national monuments and other federal properties."
"I am proud to support this mission to return safety and sanity to Washington," Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana wrote on social media.
The governors of Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina have also deployed National Guard troops to Washington as part of Mr. Trump's crackdown on the city, which has also included deploying hundreds of federal agents and commandeering the Washington police force.
The five states are collectively sending about 1,000 troops to Washington, where there are already 800 deployed troops from the D.C. National Guard, which the president can call out directly. Governors typically control the National Guard in their states, though Mr. Trump circumvented this limitation when he deployed troops to Los Angeles this summer, a matter still under litigation in federal court.
It is unclear exactly where in Washington the Guard troops will be located, what their responsibilities are and who is directing them. Questions sent to each of the states' National Guard headquarters were not answered on Monday. Governors' offices either did not comment or referred questions to the Guard.
Many residents in the heavily Democratic city say they are angered by the prospect of more troops, though there was also a measure of resignation.
Patrick O'Rourke, who has seen Washington's crime rate fluctuate over the 25 years he's lived there, said the additional troops seemed like "a joke." Other residents like Stanley Watters, a retired real estate agent, said Mr. Trump's deployment of troops was just a hollow show of force.
"He's just trying to show off that he's got this power and is willing to use it in an authoritarian way," Mr. Watters said.
But some residents said the situation reflected a failure of the city's leadership, including that of Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat.
"I think it falls back on the mayor," Lamont Johnson said, adding that if local government did its job, federal forces would not be needed.
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No worries, they are simply coming in for the military parade pt. 2, the likes of which no one has ever seen before. The troops are going to march strongly.
why lie, I'm really looking forward to the civil war trump triggers ...
Oh yes, nothing like OJT. Get them all pumped up for the OFP's martial law mandate.
OFP defined: ORANGE FACED PIG
it'll be hilarious dropping maga POW parachutists into eastern ukraine in their new russian uniforms ... /s
that bigballs doge wimp that gave trump the excuse to abuse his authority in DC can look forward to a life of regular assaults ... bummer.
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dont ask everyone questions, just give your own opinion
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Apparently the lefts doesn't want a safe capital.
Yeah, heard the same idiotic statement before . Unfortunately that propaganda doesn't withstand fact.
Do we need troops sent from 1000 miles away to protect Washington DC? New Orleans has a high crime rate (as most cities do), why dont they stay there and patrol the streets ?
The answer? Its a show. Trump may demand an Emmy for it.
the 2 highest crime ridden cities are in red states ...
If law enforcement did what they were supposed to this wouldn't be an issue. But they didn't so here we are.
Crime rate has been and still is falling in Washington DC.
So why doesn't he send them to cities with higher crime rates?
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Best you can do huh? Close you eyes, stick your fingers in you ears, and chant "I don't believe you"......?
If truly a graph of now is the case, they must have hired Bill Clinton's accounting staff. In other words, it's bullshit cooked books on the part of DC officials.
Along those lines, think about the stats real hard. Now, look at the basis. Yep, right there in black and white. all numbers are based on a per capita of 100,000.
I guess population growth doesn't fit into some stats.
If you have 1 million people and there are 464 crimes, that's 46.4 per. Increase that population by say 10%. 464/11 = 42.18 per.
That has always been a pet peeve of mine. 464 crimes is 464 crimes PERIOD
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When it's to fit a narrative a lot of information doesn't fit.
They have to downplay it somehow. God forbid they are actually factual or even remotely honest.
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You realize that most of the graphs list where the info was from. Don't you?
So just keep your eyes closed , fingers in you ears, and chanting "I don't believe you".
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Red states sending them away from their own higher crime rate cities.
The right wing meltdown over a fight that got out of control in Cincinnati but they aren't outraged that Ohio send National Guard to DC instead of sending them to Ohio cities with a much higher crime rate.
Send them to Texas or Alabama or any other high crime southern state. Red states with high crime rates get a pass?
a couple motivated people with keyboards on social media could cause alarm bells to ring in these goober states now without their NG by organizing protests at their state capitols ...