Democratic-led states face backlash over National Guard deployments in Washington
A National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C. has ballooned during the celebrations of the country's 250th anniversary of independence, bolstered in part by contingents from Democratic-led states.
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Part of Trump's deployments of the National Guard to Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
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