Lawmakers like Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan Support his own State’s National Guard Being Deployed in Nation’s Capital Instead of Fighting for His Constituents
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six Republican governors are now actively participating in Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C., with Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia sending National Guard troops to support Trump’s militarization of the nation’s capital. Republican members of Congress from these states show no concern for how this benefits their own constituents, as their governors steamroll local sovereignty and constitutional principles to prop up Trump’s dangerous show of force—all while families back home struggle with rising costs and health care cuts.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, whose home state of Ohio is now contributing troops to this federal occupation, faces a stark choice: investigate this abuse of power in his own backyard or keep enabling Trump’s authoritarian escalation. Rather than exercising real oversight of this unprecedented use of state resources for federal political theater, Jordan continues to waste taxpayer dollars on sham hearings and political stunts meant to distract from Trump’s failing agenda and mounting scandals.
In response to these Republican governors’ actions and Jordan’s complicity, the Congressional Integrity Project released the following statement:
“Six Republican governors have made themselves complicit in Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab, deploying their state National Guard troops to occupy our nation’s capital as if it were hostile territory. By sending forces from six states, these governors are abandoning their constitutional responsibilities and trampling on local sovereignty to fuel Trump’s dangerous militarization of American streets.
“Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan—whose own state is now sending troops to this federal occupation—remains the ringleader of Republicans’ circus of distractions rather than confronting this gross abuse of power in his own backyard. While Jordan enables Trump’s authoritarian escalation, families in Ohio continue to face rising costs and devastating health care cuts that Republicans refuse to fix. It’s time for Jordan to end the sham hearings, stand up for his constituents, and demand accountability for this unprecedented misuse of state resources to prop up Trump’s political theater.”
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