Democratic state lawmakers are asking Gov. Brian Kemp to recall Georgia National Guard members recently sent to Washington.
Kemp announced on Friday that Georgia is sending about 300 soldiers and up to 16 support staff to Washington to assist in Trump’s crime crackdown, despite crime in Washington being at a 30-year low. A group of Georgia Democrats on Monday wrote in a letter to Kemp that the move “demonstrates blind loyalty to a leader who is effectively turning America towards autocracy.”
“We, the undersigned legislators, are gravely concerned with this decision to send troops to occupy another state or district in our union, and we believe it is setting a dangerous, unsound precedent. Sending armed soldiers to invade American cities under the guise of fighting crime, is a blatant abuse of power,” the letter stated, signed by 31 House and Senate Democrats.
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