Bondi and Hegseth rally federal agents and troops in Memphis

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Spectrum News 1 SoCal/AP

PUBLISHED 7:15 PM ET Oct. 01, 2025


MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday rallied members of a federal law enforcement task force that has begun operating in Memphis as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting plan for the city.

The officials met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican who has supported the project, before touring a staging area for the Memphis Safe Task Force and then speaking to a group of federal, state and local law enforcement officers and Tennessee National Guard members.

Miller called the task force an “all of government, unlimited support operation” that would make the city “safer than any of you could ever possibly imagine.” He predicted that “businesses and investment are going to pour in, and Memphis will be richer than ever before.” “We’re not here to second guess you,” Hegseth told them. “We’re here to have your back — to unleash you to do your jobs so you come home safely.”

Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents Memphis in Congress, said he was disappointed to learn about the visit in the media. In a letter to Hegseth and Bondi, he urged them to be more collaborative and expressed concern about the “wartime rhetoric” coming from the Trump administration. “Memphians are not enemies; they are Americans,” Cohen said. “They are entitled to constitutional rights, not their government working to ‘intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill’ them. We are not a training ground or target practice.”

Read more: https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-california/news/2025/10/01/bondi-hegseth-miller-federal-agents-troops-memphis

[Lovie777]

1. This will backfire......................

[Walleye]

2. All these southern states that hate the "feddril. Guvmint"

Didn’t Governor Lee turn down the ACA subsidies because it was federal taxpayer money or something?

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Yup. (n/t)

[Lovie777]

3. It appears that Gov. Lee is given his ok.............

for harming people in Memphis.

[Martin Eden]

4. Donald Trump does NOT have a "crime-fighting plan" for ANY city

He has a FASCIST plan to normalize troops in American cities to ensure the 2026 midterms are a farce to keep Republicans in power.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

9. Exactly! These troops are being put in place for intimidation on Election Day.

[Irish_Dem]

5. We shall see if the orange one can actually stop crime.

[Harker]

10. He could resign.

That would prevent a great deal of crime.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Yep and take his entire damn crime syndicate with him.

[nwduke]

6. Hitler Didn't Start with Camps

He started with: Make Germany Great Again, Banning Books, Targeting the Press, Blaming Immigrants, Creating Enemies From Neighbors, Defunding the Arts, Stoking Fear of Outsiders Demonizing Educators,,,,Sound Familiar or Should I Type Louder!😵‍💫😬

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. That dude in the Tennessee Capitol...

I worked in a school where one of his kids attended. (This was before he was elected governor.) Officious, entitled, prick whom any one can see has trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time is about the best thing I can say.

[Mblaze]

12. They must be going after all those wealthy folks

Who illegally hire undocumented people to do their gardening for them. Not!

Seriously, it is illegal to hire the undocumented. All of those farmers who are complaining that ICE has taken their workers are, by law, to be fined $3,000 for each worker.