Maryland Democratic Governor Wes Moore, a military veteran who served in Afghanistan, said President Donald Trump was deploying the National Guard in Washington, D.C., to distract the country from his damaging policies—and that he was "heartbroken" for the servicemen and women being sent to patrol the nation's capital.

About 800 Guard troops arrived in Washington on Tuesday after Trump said they were needed to curb crime in the "lawless" city. The administration said the troops would hit the ground Tuesday night.

Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment.

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Trump's D.C. deployment is among the most aggressive federal interventions in local law enforcement in recent history. The president's administration has bypassed the city's elected leaders, several of

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