Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday that he was disappointed in President Donald Trump’s “reality TV approach” of sending federal agents to US cities to quell protests.
His comments come hours after Trump announced he will “surge” federal law enforcement officers to Chicago and other American cities, despite resistance from local leaders.
Using ominous rhetoric and dark language to describe cities run by Democrats as rife with crime and violence, Trump suggested he had little option but to take steps those leaders haven’t in order to save innocent lives.
“No mother should ever have to cradle her dead child in her arms simply because politicians refused to do what is necessary to secure their neighborhood and to secure their city,” he said during a mid-afternoon event in the East Room of the White House.
