U.S. President uses same alarmist language as he uses for illegal immigration as he grasps for new re-election strategy
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“In recent weeks there has been a radical movement to defund, dismantle and dissolve our police department,” Trump said at a White House event, blaming the movement for “a shocking explosion of shootings, killings, murders and heinous crimes of violence.
DHS officers have already been dispatched to Portland, Oregon, and other localities to protect federal property and monuments as Trump has lambasted efforts by protesters to knock down Confederate statutes. In Chicago, Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who had initially blasted the news, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office will supervise the additional agents joining existing federal law enforcement offices.
“Instead of collaborating with the Albuquerque Police Department, the Sheriff is inviting the President’s storm troopers into Albuquerque,” Heinrich said in a statement.
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