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The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.”

By Katie Glueck and Anushka Patil

The list of Republican-led states deploying National Guard troops to Washington expanded again on Tuesday as Tennessee moved to join five other states in aiding President Trump’s crackdown in the nation’s capital.

Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee is sending around 160 National Guard troops to Washington, Capt. Kealy Moriarty, the public affairs director of the Tennessee National Guard, said on Tuesday. They were expected to arrive by the end of this week.