New York hasn’t been asked to send its National Guard to Washington.
And Gov. Kathy Hochul herself said, even if asked, she’d never consent to what she called President Donald Trump’s "abuse of power."
The Democrat this week addressed Trump’s move to tap National Guard troops from Republican-led states to help his move to take over policing in the nation’s capital. So far six states — Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia — have committed to deploying personnel. State troops in or heading to the capital city now number about 1,100, in addition to 800 National Guard members from Washington, D.C., already activated there, according to The Associated Press.
Notably, none come from Democrat-led states.
One Republican governor, Phil Scott of Vermont, h