Congressmen Kweisi Mfume and Johnny Olszewski, Jr. sent a letter Wednesday to President Donald Trump, urging him to reconsider deploying federal troops to Baltimore.

On Tuesday, Trump announced that he would order federal forces to fight crime in Baltimore as an obligation to “protect this country.” Mfume, representing Maryland’s 7th District, and Olszewski, representing the 2nd District, wrote to Trump that the move is “unnecessary.”

The two-page letter cites the city’s lower crime statistics, violence reduction programs and community policing.

“As Members of Congress proudly representing the City of Baltimore, we strongly urge you to reconsider any potential deployment of federal troops to Baltimore in opposition of the wishes of state and local elected leaders,” the congressmen sai

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