Two more Republican governors are surging National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., in support of President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on violent crime in the capital. On Sunday night, South Carolina Gov.

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

National Guard troops patrolling Washington DC may carry weapons in the near future, a reversal of their initial orders.

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.

A White House spokesperson told CBS News that while deployed National Guard members "may be armed," they will not make arrests.

A National Guard deployment reacheed 400 members in Washington as a federal operation began targeting crime and homelessness around the clock Wednesday.

National Guard troops called on to active-duty by President Donald Trump arrived on the footsteps of the Washington Monument on Tuesday.

The Post mapped locations of law enforcement throughout D.C. in the days since Trump’s announcement to deploy the Guard.