President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and federal resources in Washington, D.C., fulfills his pledge to make the nation safer, as will his plans to send resources into Chicago and other American cities, Jenny Beth Martin, honorary chairperson of the Tea Party Patriots Action, told Newsmax Sunday.

“The president will do this in a lawful and constitutional way, and as long as he is abiding by the law and the Constitution, I think that anything that he can do to help make America safe will be appreciated by most normal, everyday Americans around the country,” Martin said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.”

Chicago, she noted, had 573 murders last year and has been labeled as the homicide capital of America for the past 12 years.

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