SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is hitting back at a claim from President Donald Trump that local leaders want him to deploy the National Guard to the city. The president made the comment last week in a White House news conference, claiming "government officials" had asked for intervention in SF.

Trump doubled down on the claim over the weekend, telling Fox News, "I think they want us in San Francisco."

On Monday, Jenkins refuted Trump's claims.

"Let me be clear -- no local or elected San Francisco leaders want the National Guard deployed to San Francisco at the direction of the Trump Administration," Jenkins said in a statement. "The Mayor and I are aligned and have public safety as our top priority in San Francisco."

Jenkins went on to say that

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