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A Tennessee congressman criticized President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard resources to Memphis, saying Friday that as a part-time Washingtonian, the city doesn’t feel any safer after its own anti-crime operation.

"I had hoped the National Guard would not be deployed here [to Memphis]," said Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., who represents the "Home of the Blues."

Cohen said the real way to fix the crime problem there is via better investments in "proven programs" and that the announcement appears to be the premiere of the "Trump Show 2.0" after the president previously deployed National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

"That’s what I think this is about, and that would harm our local economy, particularly the tou

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