Pearson condemns Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard to Memphis, calling it “a gross abuse of power” and likening it to “authoritarianism led by a white supremacist who is President of the United States against another Black community.”

President Trump on Friday said that he would send National Guard troops to Memphis, making it the latest Democratic-led city that his administration has targeted as part of a federal crackdown on cri...

“And by the way, we’ll bring in the military too if we need it, but National Guard, but Memphis is, look, it’s a great, music city.”