Debate Over National Guard Deployment in Washington
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen criticizes President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., calling it an abuse of power and a manufactured emergency, while raising concerns about the militarization of the city and the diversion of federal resources from local police efforts. He also criticizes Trump's handling of the Russia-Ukraine situation and the summit with Putin, describing it as a setback for U.S. interests.
- Sen. Van Hollen says an armed National Guard in DC would be ‘troubling’ ABC News
- Despite Trump’s tough tone now, things were much worse in Washington when the National Guard was rolled out in 1968 CNN
- Pence Welcomes Trump’s D.C. Deployment of the National Guard The New York Times
- Trump Sends in the National Guard The New Yorker
- Three Republican-led states to send National Guard troops to DC BBC
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