Politics

“I think it’s not very far away from him offering and providing the military to protect the polling places across America, but particularly in blue states and blue cities, with the idea that they could confiscate the ballot boxes if they think there is fraud in the election,” he said.

Maybe — most importantly — what the president doesn’t understand is that civilian law enforcement is how you fight crime. And we’ve got terrific people on the ground. We’ve been building up our police forces, including the state police under my command, and we’ve also invested in violence prevention.

Frankly, the money that the federal government used to send to us has now been cut off under him. He’s cut the number of FBI, ATF and DEA agents that are available to help us with crime on the ground. We’re nevertheless doing well despite that, but would love help. I’ve said that many times. Please give us civilian law enforcement help from the FBI, ATF and DEA so that we can interdict guns and drugs and go after gang members.