Gretchen Whitmer said Monday, rejecting calls from Republicans to do so in an effort to curb crime in the state’s largest city. The governor’s remarks came five days after Vice President JD Vance used a Howell speech to call out Whitmer by name and say the Trump administration would be “happy to send the National Guard to Detroit” if she asked. Vance touted the recent deployment of armed troops in Washington, DC, and Memphis, Tennessee, “to take back American streets.”While Detroit remains one of the more violent large cities in America, its violent crime rate has fallen in recent years. Detroit’s homicide rate of 32 per 100,000 people is higher than Chicago, which led US cities in total homicides (573.) While Whitmer may be uninterested in having the National Guard in Detroit, a number of 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidates over the weekend said they would welcome the federal assistance if elected next year.