Rep. Antonio Parkinson, a Memphis Democrat, has tried to put a positive spin on the city getting a deployment of National Guard troops. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

Tennessee lawmakers representing Shelby County are running into a partisan split over the looming deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis.

Democrats are generally opposing the plan by Gov. Bill Lee and President Donald Trump to send soldiers into the city as part of a “comprehensive mission,” but even some of those legislators are taking different tones.

Republicans, in contrast, are supporting the move, even though it is short on details.

Trump also announced Monday he will be send more federal agencies into Memphis to focus on crime. Gov. Bill Lee was meeting with him at the White House to work on deta

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