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President Trump announced the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis as part of a broader crime crackdown.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves defended sending state troops to Washington, D.C., while using state-level policies to address crime in Jackson.

President Donald Trump’s announcement to send National Guard troops to Memphis put his crime crackdown within three hours of Jackson — days after the White House branded Mississippi’s capital a Democratic failure.

Although the exact timeline remains unclear, National Guard troops are expected to arrive in Memphis soon under a memorandum Trump signed on Sept. 15. At the same time, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has recently defended why he sent Mississippi Guard troops to Washington, D.C., but not to Jackson.

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