Governors from Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana are sending National Guard troops to Washington to assist President Donald Trump’s effort to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital, joining other Republican-led states that have pledged military resources.
In a statement posted on social media on Aug. 18, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced that he’s approved the deployment of some 200 National Guard soldiers “to support President Trump’s effort to return law and order to our nation’s capital.”
