Under the direction of Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia sent nearly 400 members of the National Guard -- the highest of any state -- to Washington, D.C., after President Donald Trump deployed troops in the city while falsely claiming violent crime in the nation's capital was soaring. In fact, it was at a 30-year low .

That was back in August. West Virginia's troops are still there, with a planned withdrawal set for late November . Guard troops in D.C. have mainly been picking up trash and spreading mulch , rather than restoring order to Trump's fabricated depiction of a city devoured by violent anarchy. Meanwhile, Trump has deployed Guard troops to other cities as a brazen authoritarian display. Morrisey, as one of Trump's most cringe-worthy sycophants, likely agrees with these

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