National Guard, South Carolina and DC
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The National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.
At least 700 National Guard troops will be sent to Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the number of Guardsmen active in the capital.
Gov. Henry McMaster ordered 200 troops to Washington to aid the Trump administration. South Carolina Democrats have called the move political.