National Guard becomes issue in Tennessee governor’s race
National Guard soldiers salute as President Donald Trump's motorcade drives by, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
The coming deployment of the Guard to the city is also finding its way into other parts of local politics including a surprise appearance by a Democratic County Commissioner at a Republican rally backing the Guard’s arrival.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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