Memphis Police officers will soon be joined by a National Guard troops on the orders of Gov. Bill Lee and President Donald Trump. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht for the Tennessee Lookout)
At the very time Tennessee should be bringing to bear its proudest traditions of bipartisan local, state and federal collaboration – our history of elected leaders working “across the aisle” for good outcomes – it appears our state is being disserved at this critical moment.
Instead, we are watching a perversion of that history by Gov. Bill Lee and both our U.S. senators, out of a fear they might displease an extreme president…