Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defended the Trump administration for mulling a broader deployment of National Guard troops to major cities to fight crime, but he was noncommittal when it came to a federal law enforcement crackdown in his own district.

"I don't know, that's not my call," Johnson said in an interview on CNN's "News Central" when asked if the National Guard should be deployed in Shreveport, La. "It may be necessary; I don't know. Let's take one city at a time and see."

"We have to address the crime problem in any city where it is, if it's a problem like that," he added.

President Trump declared a public safety emergency, took control of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and activated National Guard troops in the District of Columbia earlier this mon

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