The Republican governors of West Virginia and South Carolina are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the nation's capital as awash in crime.

The moves come as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after President Trump's executive order earlier this week.

National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

South Carolina Senate Democrats are condemning Governor Henry McMaster's decision to send SC National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.