CHICAGO (NewsNation) — A Chicago alderman is arguing that President Donald Trump's offer to send National Guard troops should be accepted to help combat crime in the nation's third-largest city.

Alderman Raymond Lopez, a Democrat representing the 15th Ward on Chicago's West Side, said residents "live in a state of fear" and that city officials should work with Trump rather than reject federal assistance.

"If the mayor and the governor continue to say crime is down, crime is decreasing, everything's great, then why don't we take Donald Trump up on his offer and go even further," Lopez told NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.”

His comments came as Trump vowed to deploy troops to Chicago following a Labor Day weekend that saw eight people killed and 58 injured in shootings across the c

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