(The Hill) - GOP Rep. Max Miller (Ohio) on Monday urged Gov. Mike DeWine (R) to deploy soldiers from the state’s National Guard to Cleveland in an effort to crack down on crime.

Miller cited President Trump’s deployment of several National Guard members in Washington, D.C., from surrounding states as proof that boots on the ground helps to reduce local crime.

“Some will argue that bringing in the National Guard is an extreme measure. I would argue that allowing lawlessness to continue unchecked is far more extreme. The safety of our citizens is not negotiable,” Miller wrote in a Washington Times op-ed.

“If parents are afraid to let their children play outside, if shop owners fear opening their doors, if commuters dread walking to their cars at night, then we have already failed them. It

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