By Campbell RobertsonTyler Pager and Eric Schmitt
The National Guard’s presence in Washington will grow in the coming days after the governors of West Virginia and South Carolina announced on Saturday that they would send hundreds of their state’s National Guard members at President Trump’s request.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said the state would send 300 to 400 troops to Washington to support Mr. Trump’s “initiative to restore cleanliness and safety to Washington, D.C.” Hours later, Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina pledged to send 200 troops from his state’s National Guard, saying “South Carolina is proud to stand with President Trump as he works to restore law and order to our nation’s capital.”
A White House official confirmed that additional National Guard troops were being called in to Washington, reiterating that their role was to protect federal assets and provide a visible presence.
The 800 already deployed troops all come from the D.C. National Guard, which the president can call out directly. Governors typically control the National Guard in their states, though Mr. Trump circumvented this when he deployed troops to Los Angeles this summer, a matter currently under litigation in federal court.
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