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On the recordNovember 5, 2025
If it was safety, President Trump would be threatening to deploy the National Guard to the top 10 states of crime, eight out of which are all Republican-led.
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Zohran Mamdani
Democratic · New York
Source
abcnews.go.com

Editor's note · Context

Mamdani critiques Trump's selective deployment of the National Guard based on political affiliation.

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