Pointing to a homicide-free week and hundreds of arrests after President Trump federalized D.C. law enforcement, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville vowed Friday that as governor, he too would take a tough approach to crime in Alabama’s big cities.
Friday morning, on “Longshore and McKnight”, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), candidate for Governor of Alabama in 2026, was asked if he would be willing to deploy Alabama National Guard troops to Birmingham and Montgomery to combat crime as governor.
“You betcha,” Tuberville replied.
“President Trump’s given every governor that opportunity. I know, Governor Ivey, right now, is probably shorthanded. We’ve got a lot of the — or have had a lot of — our national guard down at the border. I know he’s got West Virginia’s National Guard coming up…You can’t work 24 hours, obviously. So we’re bringing National Guard in to take the place of a lot of our law enforcement in Washington, D.C.,” Tuberville said.
“I can tell you myself, I could have made probably two or three dozen citizen’s arrests from the things that I’ve seen in my five years in Washington, D.C. It’s out of control.”
More than 700 arrests have been made in the nation’s capital since Trump announced plans to federalize the D.C. police force on August 11.
This year, U.S. News & World Report ranked Birmingham among the 25 cities listed in its ‘Most Dangerous Places in the U.S.’ list, with the Magic City coming in at number 15.
In response to zero homicides being reported in D.C. in the last week, Tuberville posted on Thursday a request for all to thank law enforcement officers for their work to clean up the city.
Should Tuberville become governor of Alabama in January 2027, some of Alabama’s largest cities may well see a similar effect.
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Riley McArdle is a contributor for Yellowhammer News. He is a Senior majoring in Political Science at the University of Alabama and currently serves as Chairman of the College Republican Federation of Alabama. You can follow him on X @rileykmcardle.
