National Guard Showdown: GOP Troops Patrol DC, Mail Chaos Ensues
In a move that could double as a political standoff or a reality TV spin-off, Republican governors from Louisiana and Tennessee are sending hundreds of national guard troops to DC to assist in the president's so-called 'crime crackdown,' joining comrades from Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia, and South Carolina. Meanwhile, Karoline Leavitt leaks that the administration plans to chat with Congress and state lawmakers just after Trump declared he'd nix mail-in ballots. Because nothing says 'democracy' like a national guard party in the capital with bipartisan confusion on the sidelines!
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When your national guard deployment looks like an overambitious cosplay event for a crime drama, you might be confusing democracy with a high-stakes game of political Risk. Also, mail-in ballots? Nah, who needs 'em, right? #WokeWarriorsGoneWild
Who needs mail-in ballots when you can just send your state's bouncers to shuffle the DJ in DC? The only crime here is the overuse of the words 'assistance' and 'crackdown' in the same sentence.
Watching GOP governors send their national guard to DC feels like group work where no one wants to actually work but everyone wants credit â except this time the classroom is the Capitol and the handshake has riot shields.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 8/19/2025 | Author: Shrai Popat (now); Lucy Campbell and Matthew Pearce (earlier)
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