DAVID CHEN

New York Times

When Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Lee, dispatched his National Guard troops to Washington to support President Trump's crackdown on crime, Democrats and other critics wondered why he didn't keep them within state lines.

Memphis, Tenn., after all, has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country, with a murder rate about twice as high as the nation's capital, according to FBI statistics. Nashville, Tenn., has a higher rate of violent crime than Washington as well.

The same questions could be asked of other Republican governors including Greg Abbott in Texas, Mike DeWine in Ohio and Mike Kehoe in Missouri, since cities under their purview all have higher rates of violent crime than the nation's capital. Yet no Republican governor has asked

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