California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Donald Trump should send troops into Louisiana and Mississippi if he is serious about stopping crime, claiming GOP-led states are more dangerous.

Newsom made his demand at a news conference in which he announced that he was surging California Highway Patrol officers into communities across his state to fight crime — a curious imitation of Trump.

The California governor has slammed Trump for sending the National Guard and the Marines into his own state to stop rioting earlier this year, and for sending the Guard into other Democrat-run cities.

Recently, the Guard took up positions in Washington, D.C., helping bring violent crime under control. President Trump has said that he is considering doing the same in Chicago, Illinois, t

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