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New Orleans Democrats pushed back on President Donald Trump’s suggestion to send National Guard troops to the Louisiana city to help fight crime, with one accusing him of "scare tactics and politicizing public safety."

The outcry came after Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday "we're making a determination now" as to where National Guard resources will be deployed next.

"Do we go to Chicago, or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that's become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad," Trump asked. "So we're going to be going to, maybe Louisiana, and you have New Orleans, which has a c

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