Sen Marsha Blackburn supports Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Memphis

Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Hunted President Donald Trump’s announcement that the National Guard would come to Memphis, Tennessee, to “return Memphis again”.

“Today, President Trump responded to my call to do everything it takes to return Memphis again, and I applaud his decision to send the National Guard to Memphis after his enormous success in reducing violent crimes in Washington, DC,” Blackburn said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Many and many times, President Trump intervened to restore the law and order in the blue cities who refuse to protect their own citizens, and I will continue to work alongside the Trump administration to hold the left officials responsible for the consequences of the sweet agendas on crime,” she continued.

Trump says the National Guard moving to Memphis, Tennessee, then in the middle of the anti-crime push

Senator Marsha Blackburn arrives at a commercial meeting of the Senate Judicial Committee at the Dirksen Senate Board on February 13, 2025, in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump announced its Memphis manufacturing plan, that the FBI Reported had the highest crime rate in the country, the next stop of its plan to reprimand crime in the big cities of “Fox & Friends” on Friday morning.

Asked about violence and Chicago, a city that the president strongly considered bringing the national guard to the next, Trump pivoted and said: “We are going to Memphis”.

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Trump announced his intention to make Memphis the next stop of his plan to reprimand crime in the big cities of “Fox & Friends” on Friday morning. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)

“Memphis is – it’s the next city – deeply troubled,” he said. “And the mayor is happy. He is a democratic mayor. The mayor is happy, and the governor of Tennessee, the governor, is happy.”

“Deeply disturbed,” he said about the city. “We are going to solve this problem, just as we did Washington.”

Trump said he “preferred to go to Chicago”, but it was a conversation with a railway frame that changed your mind and attention to Memphis.

“I said,” While you think, where we should go then as a city, because we are going to make one, two, three, and then we will make a few at a time, but we will straighten crime in these cities “,” said Trump. “And he said:” Sir, Memphis would be good. “”

He confirmed his intention to send the National Guard and added: “And any other person we need, and by the way, we will also bring the army if we need it.”

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The incident occurred in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the police. (Images Brad Vest / Getty)

Chicago had been in the administration of the administration for weeks after the deployment by Trump of the National Guard in Washington, DC, a decision which came with its federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) last month.

But his tone in the city has changed earlier this week, when he told journalists: “We are working with the governor of a certain state who would like us to be there, and the mayor of a certain city of this same state would love that we are there.”

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Meanwhile, district police federalization ended on Wednesday. Under the law on the domicile rule, Trump received a 30 -day window to control local police forces, but was required to obtain an extension of the congress to maintain its grip.

It never came, and Trump also did not suggest bypassing the congress by adopting a national emergency to maintain its control of the MPD. However, the presence of the national guard in the city should remain.

Fox News contacted Mayor Paul Young and the Governor of Tennessee Bill Lee to comment but did not immediately hear.