The troops will join local and federal police and the D.C. National Guard in Washington.
But some states with Democratic governors declined to send National Guard troops.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he refused for several reasons. “It was not requested by the mayor of Washington, D.C.,” he said. And with numerous challenges in Virginia — from testing to securing protests over police violence — Northam said that “it’s in Virginia’s best interest to keep the National Guard here.”And finally, he said: “I am not going to send our men and women in the uniform of a very proud National Guard to Washington for a photo op,” referring to Trump’s use of troops to force peaceful protesters away from the White House so he could pose in front of a nearby church.
“I can confirm that personnel from the N.Y. National Guard were expected to move to D.C. last night, but permission was withdrawn by the governor,” Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell, a Pentagon spokesman, told CNN. Another Pentagon official told the network that support was expected from Delaware as well, but troops were diverted to Wilmington.Trump asked dozens of governors in a conference call Monday to send their National Guard troops to the nation’s capital to handle the protests.
The U.S. Park Police issued a mutual aid request for other local police agencies to assist them in handling the protests, local police officials said Tuesday. Arlington County police joined the Park Police on Sunday and Monday but were withdrawn after county officials expressed dismay at the forceful sweep of protesters that led to Trump’s appearance in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, which was damaged in a fire set Sunday.“We were being used,” Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz said.
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