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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- As the political battle over the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington DC continues, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson again said they are not needed or wanted in his city.

President Trump has said troops could be sent to Chicago and New York next, and Vice President JD Vance was asked about Milwaukee while in Wisconsin Thursday.

President Trump has not said he'll send National Guard troops to Milwaukee. But he has targeted mostly Democratic cities so far and so Mayor Johnson has addressed it.

The President says federal troops are needed to stop violent crime, but almost all of Milwaukee's crime numbers are already trending in the right direction.

Mayor Johnson said Friday, August 29, "The United States military has a very critical role, very cr

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