WASHINGTON — President Trump is sending military troops to Chicago, over the objections of the elected leaders there, and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan thinks it’s a good idea.

Sullivan says Chicago’s violent crime rate justifies the deployment.

“It’s just horrendous that you have young, mostly African American kids who are killed every single weekend in Chicago. I think Labor Day weekend there’s like, maybe 10,” he said. “So something needs to be done. And these are tough issues, but, you know, most Americans would want whatever we can do to bring down crime rates.”

Sullivan spoke Saturday in Wrangell. A KSTK reporter asked what he thought of sending military troops to fight crime in Chicago and Portland, where elected leaders don’t want them.

“I think when you get more resources to law enfo

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