(WCIV) — South Carolina Democrats have called on Governor Henry McMaster to keep the South Carolina National Guard in the state during hurricane season, with the Republican governor planning to send hundreds of troops to Washington DC to aide President Trump’s federal crackdown on crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital.

The South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus is speaking out after Gov. McMaster announced his intentions to send 200 South Carolina National Guardsmen to Washington on Saturday at the request of the Pentagon’s National Guard Bureau, but specified he would recall them if a natural disaster struck the state. The move comes after Trump deployed troops in the streets and subsequently attempted a takeover of the capital city’s police department last week. Reports say al

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