3 GOP-led states to send National Guard troops to D.C
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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.
A White House spokesperson told CBS News that while deployed National Guard members "may be armed," they will not make arrests.
The Ohio National Guard is heading to Washington, D.C. According to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, approximately 150 military police with the guard are expected to arrive in the nation’s capital in the coming days.
On Sunday night, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine both announced their respective deployment of troops to the capital.
The trial over President Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached its third and final day Wednesday.
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