@whats_cracking_america: Republican Troops Surge into D.C.: A Nation in Military Hands In a striking escalation of federal power, three Republican-led states, West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, are responding to Trump's call by sending up to 750 additional National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. This brings the capital’s total force to around 1,500 troops, supplementing the 800 initially deployed under Trump’s “crime and homelessness emergency.” This militarized response comes despite official data indicating violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low, raising sharp concerns among civil rights advocates, municipal leaders, and legal experts about the motives behind the federal show of force. Once stationed, these troops may carry weapons and are meant to protect federal assets and support law enforcement, without performing arrests themselves. Critics label this a display of authoritarian overreach, a concerning precedent for future federal interventions in Democratic-led cities. With a hurricane brewing on the East Coast, questions also loom about whether these troops are being diverted from pressing disaster response needs. This is not just a policy shift, it’s a seismic threat to democratic norms, local governance, and civil liberties across the country. #MilitarizedCapital #GuardInDCDanger #DemocracyOrDominion #FederalOverreach #ProtectOurHomeRule

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Sunday 17 August 2025 05:37:46 GMT