Vance visits National Guard troops in D.C
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As protesters chanted nearby, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller visited National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
The 135 Louisiana National Guard troops sent to join President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington D.C. had arrived Wednesday to help local law enforcement — and they will stay there “as long as the President needs them,” Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday.
The moves come as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after President Trump's executive order.
Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana pledged to send National Guard troops to Washington. They could carry weapons in the city.
President Donald Trump has expanded his law-enforcement crackdown in Washington, D.C., with top officials visiting National Guard troops at the city's main railroad station.