Trump’s Crime Crackdown Spreads to Surprising Red State-Blue City of Memphis

Red State ^ | 09/12/2025 | Katie Jerkovich

[SeekAndFind]

President Donald Trump appeared to announce that his crime crackdown will spread to the very blue city of Memphis, in the red state of Tennessee.

During his appearance on Friday on "Fox and Friends," President Trump talked about the success his administration has had after enacting a 30-day federalization of local law enforcement in Washington, D.C., before he revealed the next Democrat-run city that could see a surge of officers.

"Look at what we did in D.C.," Trump said. "We took D.C., probably the single-worst place in the country in terms of crime. There's no crime. It's a crime-free area."

"D.C. is now a great, safe…now we're fixing it up physically too," he added, pointing out that they will even be fixing the potholes. "We're going to make it beautiful."

"WE'RE GOING TO MEMPHIS."@POTUS announces he'll deploy the National Guard to address rising crime in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/l0tKDPILbw— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) September 12, 2025

"Almost every city that's in trouble is run by Democrats," Trump continued. "We're going to straighten out the crime in these cities. So, we're going to Memphis. I'm going to announce that now…Memphis is deeply troubled... We're going to fix that just like we did in Washington."

🚨 BREAKING: "We're going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled... We're going to fix that just like we did Washington." pic.twitter.com/I5Owl0ueOK— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 12, 2025

The White House later sent out a press release confirming Memphis is next for the federalization of officers.

"This morning, President Donald J. Trump announced plans to deploy federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee, as part of the Trump Administration's aggressive push to dismantle the rampant violent crime fueled by failed Democrat governance in major cities," the statement read. "With Memphis enduring the highest violent crime rate in the nation, President Trump's decisive action has already been welcomed by elected officials in the state.

The press release then provided some shocking stats. Here are some that stood out.

In 2024, Memphis had the highest violent crime rate, highest property crime rate, and the third-highest murder rate in the U.S.

• Violent crime increased in 2024, bucking the national trend.

• Memphis's total crime rate was 344% higher than the national average.

In 2024, Memphis's murder rate was higher than notoriously high-crime U.S. cities — such as Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, and Washington, D.C — and roughly four times higher than Mexico City, 27 times higher than Havana, and 37 times higher than London.

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SEE: Watch: Video Surfaces Showing D.C. Crackdown Means No One Is Above the Law—Just Ask Fox News' Bret Baier

As RedState has reported, President Trump is done playing with Democrat governors and mayors and has begun the surge of law enforcement in places like Chicago, too, with "Operation Midway Blitz."

In a post on Monday on X, Leavitt announced, "Trump admin launches 'Operation Midway Blitz' in push to target illegal immigrants, fight violent crime in Chicago."

Trump admin launches ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ in push to target illegal immigrants, fight violent crime in Chicago

https://t.co/9ikWy2Tfmy— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) September 8, 2025

[dpetty121263]

Memphis is so bad if you stop at a red light they will car jack you, you walk somewhere you will be attacked...Blacks are the main group that does it from ages 10 to 30.

[Flint]

I don’t get what is surprising about this. If you want to put down crime, you go where the crime is.

[GranTorino]

That’s Racist! \s

[ChildOfThe60s]

When my daughter was college age she traveled all over Asia by herself, she backpacked through every country in Southeast Asia taking local transportation and staying in local establishments not commercial hotels. She and I stopped in Memphis about 15 years ago when I was helping her move across the country she said Memphis was the first City she had ever been nervous in and felt unsafe

[Sicon]

“Red state-Blue City”

Is that like “White-Hispanic”?

[Biblebelter]

Stephen A Smith suggested that NBA players are hesitant to play in Memphis because they don’t feel safe there due to the crime rate.

When the streets are too mean for what the NBA puts on the court says something.

That crowd tends to be attracted to crime not scared of it.

[ridesthemiles]

I AM NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT MEMPHIS IS HIS NEXT TARGET.

[libertylover]

I don’t see that as surprising at all. Chicago gets all of the press, but New Orleans, Memphis, and St. Louis have higher per capita murder rates than Chicago.

[Silentgypsy]

Lol!

[MikelTackNailer]

"Don'chall worry. Ah'm done restin' up and
gettin' the Memphis Mafia back together..."

"...to clean out - the ghetto."