The Issue: Democrats’ pushback against potential National Guard deployment in New York, Chicago.

I think President Trump should send the National Guard to New York, not to assist the New York City police but rather to replace the state Assembly ( “Not guardin’ state: Kathy,” Aug. 26).

Adding more police doesn’t help if the laws are too lenient, or if the judges and prosecutors simply ignore them.

Better to go after the “root cause” of the problem by eliminating the group of sheltered lowlifes in Albany enacting these terrible laws.

Richard Rafal

Manhattan

It’s ironic that Chicago and New York City don’t want National Guard troops on the ground in these crime-ridden cities, but they want more federal money to combat crime.

The leaders of these states and cities have shown they hav

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