Crime Festers in Republican States

'What an idiot!' Morning Joe rips 'insanity' of red-state leader's kow-towing to Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped into red-state governors for making themselves look foolish by doing President Donald Trump's bidding.Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee agreed to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as part of the president's high-profile crime-fighting initiative, despite having several cities in his own state with higher crime rates, and the "Morning Joe" host criticized him and other Republican governors who've made the same d…

Crime festers in Republican states while their troops patrol Washington

When Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Lee, dispatched his National Guard troops to Washington to support President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime, Democrats and other critics wondered why he didn't keep them within state lines.

Crime Festers in Republican States

New York Times: “The image of red-state governors mustering uniformed troops for duty in blue-state cities has left many Americans with the foreboding sense of a nation dangerously divided, perhaps even drifting toward open conflict. Mr. Trump denied statistical reality last week when he was asked whether he might send federal forces into high-crime cities in Republican-led states.” Said Trump: “Sure, but there aren’t that many.” “There are that…