Politics & Government
Gov. Josh Shapiro Says Pennsylvania Is Prepared Should Trump Decide To Send National Guard To Philadelphia
The president on Tuesday said he would deploy the National Guard to Baltimore and Chicago as well. He didn't say when that will happen.
September 3, 2025
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the state has been making preparations in the event that President Trump decides to send National Guard troops to Philadelphia.
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Although there is "no word that it is imminent," officials have been monitoring developments elsewhere in the country, Shapiro said on Tuesday during an unrelated event at Murrell Dobbins Career & Technical Education High School in North Philadelphia.
"Ever since the president made what I think is a wrongheaded decision to take the guard away from the governor and put them on the streets of Los Angeles, we are, have been preparing for such a thing to happen here in Philadelphia," Shapiro said.
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