Gov. Lee Not Ready to Deploy Guard Troops to Memphis
Trump said Memphis would be "early on the list" of cities that could see fed troops.
Governor Bill Lee had his press conference in a hallway near a bathroom at the Renaissance Hotel because press were denied entrance to an area where the International Drug Enforcement Conference was being held by security people who were hired by the IDC.
Photograph by John Partipilo/ Tennessee Lookout ©2025
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