When Guard gets the call, lawmaker wants to know where and why MINDY DOMB When Gov. Charlie Baker called up 1,000 members of the state’s National Guard in August, state Rep. Mindy Domb, like many others in the state, wanted more information. The administration at first offered little explanation as to why Baker activated members of the Guard, and the order did not offer a detailed reasoning. At a press conference a few days later, Baker said he activated members at the request of municipal officials who were looking for backup in case planned protests that had cropped up elsewhere around the country in response to police violence and racial injustice grew larger than expected.