U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) is criticizing the idea of sending the National Guard into Alabama cities to fight crime.

President Trump has already sent federal National Guard forces to Washington, D.C., to address crime there, and has also announced a plan to send them to Memphis, Tennessee, along with other federal law enforcement officials.

“At the end of the day, the military is not the answer,” he said in a sit-down interview with Nexstar’s D.C. correspondent. “I’d stand up against the military coming into Mobile, and I know people on both sides of the political aisle, Republicans and Democrats, would stand up against that.”

While there are no current plans to send any troops into Alabama to fight crime, Gov. Kay Ivey said Alabama stands ready if called upon.

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