President Donald Trump established the “Memphis Safe Task Force,” which is modeled after the task force he established to clean up Washington, DC.

Flanked by Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN), Sen Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and top Cabinet officials, Trump signed a memorandum establishing the task force at Lee’s request.

“It’s very important because of the crime that’s going on, not only in Memphis, in many cities, and we’re going to take care of all of them step by step, just like we did in DC,” Trump said ahead of the signing.

“We have virtually no crime in DC right now, and we’re going to keep it that way,” he added. “It’s our nation’s capital, we’re going to keep it that way, or we’re going to federalize it if we had to, but we don’t have to anymore because it’s in such g

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