CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The question of whether Charlotte should expect some sort of federal intervention like a National Guard deployment to deter crime was posed to Vice President JD Vance when he was in Concord this week.

“If the Mayor of Charlotte and the Governor of North Carolina asked for our help, we would absolutely send it because we believe in helping people, regardless of whether they’re Democrats or Republicans,” Vance told a crowd gathered at Concord’s airport.

Previously, President Donald Trump had threatened to send the guard to cities like Chicago, but Vance framed it more as a standing offer.

“We want to go where we can have a real partnership between local law enforcement and the federal officials so that we can root out crime,” added Vance.

But Charlott

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