Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said, “There’s no basis, no authority for Donald Trump to potentially try to drop federal troops into the city of Chicago.”

The majority of National Guard troops deployed in Washington began carrying weapons this weekend. The pistols and powerful rifles they carry are similar to guns used by local police.

U.S. National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington D.C. as part of what President Donald Trump said was his crackdown on crime were due to begin carrying weapons on Sunday night (August 24),