Democratic lawmakers and President Donald Trump clashed Wednesday over the president’s plans to send National Guard members into cities to clean up crime.

In recent days, Trump has ramped up talk about deploying troops to cities, primarily those led by Democrats, to stop violent crime. As Chicago braces for possible National Guard presence on the heels of Trump’s statements, Democrats accused him of federal overreach.

During a press conference Wednesday with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Trump criticized Baltimore for doing a “terrible job” with crime and said there are people in Democratic cities asking him to send the National Guard to help.

“The politicians are not in tune with the people. The people in Chicago, the people in Baltimore, the people in all of the places we talked ab

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