DeSantis sends national guard to help D.C.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said 500 members of the Florida National Guard were en route to Washington, D.C. to assist during the police-brutality protests that have gripped the nation's capital. “The federal government has helped out Florida in a number of different ways since I’ve been governor and obviously before. So, when they had a request, I feel like it was important to step up and to help out with that,” DeSantis said during a news conference in Orlando. The request was made by…