PARKERSBURG — National Guardsmen from West Virginia and Ohio are headed to Washington, D.C.

But people opposed to the move say it’s not for the reasons President Donald Trump claims.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia and Mike DeWine of Ohio announced Saturday they have authorized the deployment on Trump’s request. Ohio will send 150 and from 300 to 400 will be from West Virginia, and another 200 will come from South Carolina. The states have Republican governors.

Trump on Aug. 11 said he was taking control of the Washington police department and deploying National Guard following an incident where a Department of Government Efficiency employee was assaulted when he attempted to stop a carjacking by a band of juveniles.

“We have been asked by the secretary of the Army to send 150 m

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