(TNND) \u2014 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that the state is prepared if President Donald Trump decides to send National Guard troops to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since the president made what I think is a wrong-headed decision to take the guard away from the governor and put them on the streets of Los Angeles, wehave been preparing for such a thing to happen here in Philadelphia,\u201d Shapiro said in response to a press question on Tuesday at an vent at Murrell Dobbins Career & Technical Education High School in North Philadelphia. \u201cWe\u2019ve received no word that it is imminent, by any stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shapiro did not give any more details on how the state is preparing.<\/p>\n
President Trump said during a press conference on Tuesday that he has an obligation to end violent crime in cities around the U.S., saying, “This isn’t a political thing. I have an obligation. When 20 people are killed over the last two and a half weeks and 75 are shot with bullets.”<\/p>\n
Trump announced he will direct federal law enforcement to conduct a takeover of both Chicago and Baltimore to combat crime.<\/a><\/p>\n “Well, we’re going in. I didn’t say when. We’re going in.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The push to send federal law enforcement into other Democratic-run cities stems from Trump’s crime reduction efforts in Washington, D.C., which included sending in the National Guard. On Tuesday, Trump praised Mayor Muriel Bowser for working with federal partners to stop crime in the city.<\/a><\/p>\n