Republican Senate candidate and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-White Lake, and U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., right, at a rally in Grand Rapids on Oct. 16. (Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is urging President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to Detroit in response to what he calls a surge in violent crime, prompting backlash from Democratic lawmakers who say such action would repeat historical mistakes.

“The numbers don’t lie: Detroit has become a hub for violent crime,” Rogers, a Republican, said in a statement published on his campaign website Thursday. “These aren’t just statistics – they’re people and families, whose lives have been flipped upside down because they aren’t even safe in their own comm

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