Louisiana and Mississippi are the latest red states to comply with a request from the Trump administration to send hundreds more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
Louisiana is sending about 135 members of its National Guard to the District within 24 hours, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday. Mississippi announced earlier in the day it would contribute about 200 National Guard troops.
The move is an escalation of President Donald Trump’s federal incursion into Washington, D.C., after he took control of the city’s police department in an attempt to crack down on what he has argued is high levels of crime in the nation’s capital.