Wes Moore, governor of Maryland and a Democrat, said in an interview on August 31 that the National Guard had not received urban security training.Deploying the National Guard to fight crime is not a "serious" practice.

On August 11, U.S. President Donald Trump called the crime situation in the capital Washington ¡°out of control¡± and announced a series of measures to deploy the National Guard to Washington, the federal government to take over the Washington Police Department, while referring to the ¡°crime bursts¡± in the cities ruled by several Democrats. On August 24, Trump said on social media that Maryland Governor Moore was very bad at dealing with crime, and if Moore needed ¡°help¡±, he would send ¡°forces¡± ¡°to clear the crime quickly.¡±