U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) backs sending the National Guard to Memphis amid President Trump’s efforts to “restore law and order” to cities with high crime rates.
“Blue cities like Memphis need all the help they can get to combat violent crime, and I’m grateful for President Trump’s tremendous work to hold leftist officials accountable for putting their own citizens at risk by pushing soft-on-crime agendas,” said Sen. Blackburn. “I support the Trump administration’s efforts to restore law and order in lawless cities across America, and I’ll continue to work with the President, Attorney General Bondi, and Director Patel to do whatever it takes to make cities like Memphis safe again.”
Less than two weeks ago, President Trump was asked if the federal government would step in to address the high crime rate in Memphis. He responded, “I will be. I’m doing a sort of test run on DC…it’s working unbelievably.”
Trump said he would put Memphis “On the early list.”
However, data released last month shows a decrease in major violent crime, which is down 17 percent compared to this time last year. That includes murder, rape, assault, and robbery.
Another Tennessee senator who commented on this idea said, “We’ll never solve the crime problem and have zero crime. That’s just unrealistic, but we can have a manageable crime problem.”
