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(NewsNation) — The West Virginia National Guard volition deploy betwixt 300 to 400 National Guardsmen to Washington, D.C., astatine the absorption of Gov. Patrick Morrisey to enactment President Donald Trump's D.C. transgression initiative.
A tiny fig of troops are expected to get successful D.C. Saturday, West Virginia Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jim Seward told NewsNation and volition supply instrumentality and specialized training.
“This inaugural aligns with our values of work and dedication to our communities,” Seward said successful a quality merchandise obtained by NewsNation. “We basal acceptable to enactment our partners successful the National Capital Region and lend to the corporate effort of making our nation’s superior a cleanable and harmless environment. The National Guard’s unsocial capabilities and preparedness marque it an invaluable spouse successful this important undertaking.”
On Tuesday, Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard to D.C. to crack down connected crime, helium said, for the archetypal clip since 2020.
“West Virginia is arrogant to basal with President Trump successful his effort to reconstruct pridefulness and quality to our nation’s capital,” Gov. Morrisey said successful a statement. “The men and women of our National Guard correspond the champion of our state, and this ngo reflects our shared committedness to a beardown and unafraid America."
