3 GOP-led states sending National Guard troops to DC
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KOLR Springfield on MSNSC Army National Guard headed to DC
Today a group of South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers left for the nation’s capital. Approximately 70 soldiers of around 200 ordered by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster were deployed from the National Guard Armory in Union to support a federal security mission in Washington D.
SC Gov. Henry McMaster deploys National Guardsmen to Washington D.C., despite claims from city leaders that crime is at a low point.
The deployment of troops began last week when Trump declared a "crime emergency" in Washington and initiated the takeover of the D.C. police department.