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He’s scrambling to point a finger back at state Democrats on this,” a Seattle Democratic lawmaker said in response.
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The New Republic on MSNGOP Governors Sending Troops to D.C. Crime Show Self-Awareness Is Dead
For every 100,000 Louisianians, 406 were the victim of a violent crime and 1,758 were the victim of a property crime. But state capital Baton Rouge had a murder rate of 36 per 100,000 in 2024, and New Orleans had a murder rate of 31 per 100,000—both of which are considerably higher than Washington’s homicide rate.
Six Republican-led states are sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump's "crime crackdown," even though some of those state