The National Guard will be deployed on to the streets of Washington this week as the city braces for potentially violent clashes when supporters of Donald Trump descend on the nation’s capital to protest the outcome of the presidential election.
Mr Trump has urged his followers to protest the results of the US election on Tuesday and Wednesday as Congress prepares to certify the electoral college results, sparking fears of a repeat of the unrest seen on the city’s streets in November and December.
The request for a National Guard presence from Muriel Bowser, Washington’s Democratic mayor, comes amid heightened tensions in the nation’s capital as Mr Trump wages an unprecedented campaign to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in November’s election.
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