Battenfeld: Trump threat to deploy troops to other cities puts Michelle Wu’s crime claims to test

President Trump’s bid to expand the National Guard to other major cities could throw a spotlight on Boston’s crime rate and put Michelle Wu’s campaign claim it is the safest major city in America to a test.

With the Guard possibly moving into Chicago and Baltimore, just the threat of an expansion into Boston would be a challenge to Wu’s strength in the heat of her race for reelection.

Could it pull her out of her comfort zone of happy talk interviews with public radio?

Trump has not mentioned Boston yet as a city he’d send troops to but he has long targeted Wu and the city over its sanctuary status and is threatening to withhold federal funds.

Would a threat to bring in troops throw a spotlight on crime in Boston and Democrats’ liberal law enforcement policies?

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