Walking around the National Mall or nearby Washington Union Station, passersby are sure to see some of the more than 2,300 National Guard members deployed to the nation’s capital.
For nearly a month, Guard members hailing from D.C., Louisiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, South Dakota and Georgia have donned their Army fatigues to help combat what President Donald Trump’s administration has called “intolerable risks” to federal government functions in Washington.
“These conditions are disgraceful anywhere, but particularly in the capital of our Nation and the seat of the Federal Government,” the Trump administration said in its executive order declaring a crime emergency in D.C. last month…