Three states led by Republicans to send the National Guard forces to the capital

Three US states, led by Republicans, will send members of the National Guard forces to Washington, DC, to strengthen nearly 800 forces deployed by Donald Trump’s president in the city.

Western Virginia Governor Barric Morrisi said he would send 300-400 national guards in the state at the request of Trump. Her rulers said that South Carolina will send 200 soldiers, and Ohio would send 150 military police from the National Guard.

Trump He announced “Public Safety Emergency” on Monday, The claim that the Capitol building in the country was absorbed by “complete and comprehensive chaos.”

Elected officials in Washington, DC, objected to these allegations, and hundreds of residents of the capital went on Saturday.

Agents from many federal law enforcement agencies spent the week in the most densely populated and tourism regions alongside the National Guard.

Many of them in Washington, DC, where 92 % of the population voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 elections, expressed their frustration with the Trump enforcement policy.

Residents took the filming of federal officers while they were periodically during the weekend, frustration expanded to peaceful protests against the administration.

The managers gathered in Dubont Serkel, a central center in the city, and walked in the streets chanting “DC Free!” Some drums were caught and bells rang during a march.

The residents of Washington, DC, expressed their concerns about crime in investigative studies, and a former government efficiency employee of the Trump Administration (DOGE) was recently attacked and hit in the city.

Trump drew a picture of the nation’s capital as “violent gangs and blood -thirsty criminals.”

But Mayor Morel Boser rejected Trump’s allegations about the city’s rampant crime. She admitted that there was a rise in crime in 2023 that decreased since then.

Metropolitan police administration data (MPD) show murders that decreased by 32 % between 2023 and 2024 and reached its lowest level since 2019.

Initial data shows that violent crime has generally decreased by 26 % so far in 2025, compared to the same point in 2024, according to MPD data. Theft decreased by 28 %, BBC Check Reports.

The Trump administration initially tried to take over the city police administration in the city using the law of the domestic government in the province of Colombia, But the matter was canceled after city officials transferred them to the court.

However, Judge Anna Reyes said that the mayor of Powers had to follow the guidance of the White House.