SCOTT MacFARLANE: The number of National Guard troops on the streets and in the neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. is poised to more than double. The Republican governors have at least a half dozen states have deployed hundreds more. West Virginia governor Patrick Morrissey saying he wants to help restore cleanliness and safety in the nation's capital.
MURIEL BOWSER: This doesn’t make sense. You know it doesn’t make sense.
MacFARLANE: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the sight of troops policing U.S. citizens on U.S. soil is un-American, and unwarranted with violent crime down 26% this year.
BOWSER: The numbers on the ground in the District don't support 1,000 people from other states coming to Washington, D.C.
MacFARLANE: President Trump touted the second week of his takeover of D.C. police in deployment of hundreds of federal agents.
DONALD TRUMP: People that haven’t gone out to dinner in Washington, D.C. in two years are going out to dinner.
