Governor Landry is sending about 135 Louisiana National Guard soldiers to Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Colonel Noel Collins says the soldiers will be in the nation’s capital for at least a month.
“We’re going to be in support of the D.C. National Guard and the D.C. Metro Police as well as local law enforcement. I don’t have an exact date, but as of now the orders goes through 30 September,” Collins said.
Lieutenant Colonel Collins says the Governor was acting on a request from President Trump to restore order in the nation’s capital.
“We were asked to respond and support the D.C. National Guard, and that’s what the Louisiana National Guard is doing,” Collins said.
Collins says the mission for the National Guard soldiers is to restore safety and peace in the nation’s capital.
“They’re in support of local law enforcement. That would include probably a variety of tasks,” Collins explained.
SPLC Condemns Mississippi and Louisiana Governors Sending National Guard to Further Trump D.C. Takeover
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) denounces the actions of Mississippi and Louisiana governors, Tate Reeves and Jeff Landry respectively, in aiding the costly and arbitrary Trump administration takeover of Washington, D.C. by deploying additional National Guard servicemembers.
“The latest deployment of Mississippi and Louisiana National Guard further shows the lengths the Trump administration is willing to take to control, criminalize, intimidate and disempower the American people. For decades, Black, Brown, and unhoused communities have been under siege, abused and unfairly maligned by the administration’s abuse of power and cruel authoritarianism,” said Derwyn Bunton, chief legal officer, SPLC. “Reeves and Landry are the latest Republican governors to enable this president’s PR stunt rather than ensuring the troops can support the citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi. As a diverse nation, we cannot sit still as every institution comes under attack an
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