District of Columbia
Related: About this forumSome governors balk at Trump request to send troops to DC
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Some governors are rejecting President Donald Trumps request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., for a massive militarized show of force in the nations capital after several days of unrest over the death of George Floyd.
Several states, including New York and Virginia, have so far rejected the request, with at least one governor citing Trumps rhetoric about using troops to dominate protesters as a reason why. All of those states are led by Democrats. Meanwhile, several other states around the country are sending troops to Washington with more expected in coming days.
The Trump administration has asked multiple states to send troops to Washington at the same time as the president derided many governors as weak for not using the National Guard more aggressively in their own states.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam rejected a personal appeal from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Monday to send thousands of the states National Guard members to Washington D.C., the governors office said. Northam said he was concerned that the Trump administration would misuse the troops to escalate tensions.
Read more: https://apnews.com/2c29d763ccf5bceb03700ddf9f87f94d
Laelth
(32,017 posts)How much worse can this get?
-Laelth
elleng
(130,156 posts)elleng
(130,156 posts)'Northam said he was concerned that the Trump administration would misuse the troops to escalate tensions.