Tenn. House Speaker to Newsmax: No Mother Should Have to Worry About Her Child’s Safety

Nobody in the United States should have to be concerned about personal safety in the city where they live, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton told Newsmax on Monday.

Sexton was commenting on President Donald Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Memphis to combat crime in the city, which has the fourth-highest murder rate in the country, six times higher than the national average.

Sexton, a Republican, told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” that Tennessee has already been reducing crime through various measures, but he stressed that “we are always welcome to additional resources from the federal government to help combat crime,” pointing out that had already been done recently before the decision to deploy the National Guard.