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senator Martha BlackburnR-tenn. Praise President Donald Trump for announcing the National Guard to come to Memphis, Tennessee to “make Memphis safe again.”
“today, President Trump “I answered my call to make Memphis safe again to make Memphis safe again, and I commend his decision to send the National Guard to Memphis because of his great success in reducing violent crime in Washington, D.C.,” Blackburn said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
She continued: “President Trump stepped in to restore law and order to a blue city that refused to protect his citizens, and I will continue to work with the Trump administration to hold left-wing officials accountable for the consequences of the criminal agenda.”
National Guard deploys to Memphis, Tennessee, next anti-crime push
Senator Marsha Blackburn attended a business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dickson Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on February 13, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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When asked about violence and Chicago, the president was strongly considering taking the National Guard to the next step, Trump Hub and said: “We’re going to Memphis.”
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“Memphis is – it’s the next city – it’s haunted deep.” “The mayor is happy. He is the Democratic mayor. The mayor is happy, the governor of Tennessee, the governor is happy.”
“Deeply troubled,” he continued. “We will solve this problem like Washington does.”
Trump said he “would rather go to Chicago,” but it was a conversation with railroad executives that changed his mind and focus on Memphis.
“I said ‘What do you think, where should we go to cities, because we’re going to do one, two, three, and then we do it a few times at a time, but we’re going to get straight crime in these cities.” “He said ‘Memphis will be good, sir.'”
He confirmed that he intended to send the National Guard and added: “There are any other people we need, and by the way, we will join the army if needed.”
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According to police, the incident occurred in Memphis, Tennessee. (Brad vest/Getty image)
After Trump deploys the National Guard Washington, DCThis is his move to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) last month.
But his tone in the city changed earlier this week when he told reporters: “We are working with the governor of a state that wants us to be there, and the mayor of a city in the same state would want us to be there.”
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Meanwhile, Trump’s federalization of police in the area ended Wednesday. Under the Domestic Rule Act, Trump was given a 30-day window to control local police forces but was asked to extend from Congress to maintain his control.
This has never been, nor has Trump’s suggestion that he would maintain his control over the MPD by enacting a national emergency. However, the presence of the National Guard in the city is expected to remain.
Fox News commented with Mayor Paul Young and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, but did not return immediately.
