Michigan’s governor is drawing a firm line when it comes to how her state’s National Guard troops are used in the nation’s capital — warning that she will pull them out if they are directed to support a task force connected to President Trump.
The governor is one of four Democrats who sent National Guard soldiers from their respective states to Washington, D.C. in recent weeks, ahead of the America 250 celebrations marking the country’s semiquincentennial.
However, her willingness to keep those troops in place comes with conditions. If the soldiers are reassigned or used in connection with President Trump’s ongoing — and widely debated — military deployment in the city, she has made clear she will order them home.
President Trump’s use of military forces in Washington, D.C. has been a source of significant controversy, and the governor’s threat adds a new layer of tension between some Democratic-led states and the federal administration over how National Guard resources are being deployed.
