West Virginia to Deploy National Guard to Support DC Crime Crackdown

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey in Washington in a file photo. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged, on Aug. 16, to send up to 400 of his state’s National Guard troops to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and order crackdown in Washington. Morrisey announced on X that he had directed

West Virginia, South Carolina to Deploy National Guard in Support of DC Crime Crackdown

Members of the National Guard patrol the Washington Monument in Washington on Aug. 16, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Republican Govs. Patrick Morrisey, Henry McMaster, and Mike DeWine pledged on Aug. 16, to send hundreds of their National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, respectively, to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and

West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio to Deploy National Guard in Support of DC Crime Crackdown

Members of the National Guard patrol the Washington Monument in Washington on Aug. 16, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Republican Govs. Patrick Morrisey, Henry McMaster, and Mike DeWine pledged on Aug. 16, to send hundreds of their National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, respectively, to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and

West Virginia to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to D.C.

Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. The move comes as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city