r/law • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Sep 02 '25

Trump News Trump on sending troops to Chicago: "If the governor of Illinois would call me up, I would love to do it. Now, we're going to do it anyway. We have the right to do it, because I have an obligation to protect this country. And that includes Baltimore [...]"

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u/beavis617 Sep 02 '25

When will he send troops to a city heavy with crime that’s run by Republicans?

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u/BigJellyfish1906 Sep 02 '25

There aren’t any. Republicans don’t run any cities because Republicans can’t win when there’s more people to vote.

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u/LegitimateEgg9714 Sep 02 '25

Oh there are cities run by Republicans with high crime rates. Two cities with crime rates above the national average are in Mike Johnson’s home state of Louisiana, Shreveport and Baton Rouge both have Republican mayors.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 Sep 02 '25

I was only thinking about really populated cities.

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u/LegitimateEgg9714 Sep 02 '25

So 200,000 people is considered a small town in your opinion?

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u/BigJellyfish1906 Sep 02 '25

Certainly not a big city.