SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Governor Larry Rhoden is mobilizing South Dakota National Guardsmen to the nation's capital.

Rhoden is sending 12 guardsmen from the 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment based in Rapid City. Like these National Guard soldiers from another state, the South Dakota guard members will quote "support operations in Washington D.C." Governor Rhoden says the nation's capital is not a safe place.

"The citizens of Washington deserve better, the citizens of the United States deserve better, that's our capital," said Rhoden. "We look to that as an example for the nation. So I support, fully support Trump's wishes and desire to, and actions to make it a safer place."

Rhoden's predecessor, Kristi Noem, told CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday that Washington, D.C. is much sa

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