Three Republican-led states have offered to send National Guard troops to the nation’s capital to join the 800 unarmed troops that President Donald Trump activated last week.

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called former President Donald Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard for municipal policing "deeply dangerous," warning it risks turning citizen soldiers into political tools.

President Donald Trump says he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.