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Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive (apnews.com)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

So DC has its own national guard or is he using one from one of the states.