National Guard troops from six red states head to DC to help tackle crime

Just more than one week after President Donald Trump unveiled plans to deploy troops from the D.C. National Guard and to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, six states have pledged to send in their own National Guard troops to pitch in with the effort. 

Now, National Guard troops from Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee are joining in on the Trump administration’s crackdown in Washington. Altogether, more than 2,000 National Guard troops are currently slated to participate in the Trump administration’s effort to address crime in the nation’s capital, and roughly 1,300 already have arrived in Washington. 

As of Tuesday, approximately 500 West Vi...