[nfldgirl]

Isn’t most of the NG Units in DC now from blue states? And if having the NG in DC is all Trump’s doing, then why not from red states as well?

[MadTbear]

Isn’t most of the NG Units in DC now from blue states? And if having the NG in DC is all Trump’s doing, then why not from red states as well?
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Ohio sent some.

[Ymani Cricket]

What states the National Guard are from is meaningless. Military follows chain of command not feelings or impulse. A lot of those guys and gals are from flyover country and from rural areas. Soy boys and anarchists are not in a hurry to join the military.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Maybe to dilute the military assets of those governors.

[American in Israel]

The military is not from red or blue, it is red white and blue. Civilians misunderstand that.

[Axenolith]

It would emphasize that the military chain of command is tight across political divides.