Memphis reporter fired after thanking Trump for National Guard deployment

Memphis reporter Dalisia Ballinger was fired from her job at the Tri-State Defender after she posted a video on TikTok in which she thanked President Donald Trump for sending the National Guard to Memphis to help with that city's crime epidemic.
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