North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein should deploy the National Guard to Charlotte to assist the city’s police department, which has been overwhelmed by a surge in violent crime, according to Rep. Mark Harris on Newsmax Thursday.
“Our own police, the Fraternal Order of Police, had made this plea for help from the National Guard. They cited recently that they are 270-plus officers understaffed,” the North Carolina Republican said on Newsmax’s “National Report.”
“This is a situation that we find ourselves in, that we just believe that it was time for the governor to bring in the help,” he added.
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