San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell floated the idea Thursday of sending in the National Guard to address the fentanyl overdose crisis by fighting the city’s downtown drug markets.

The proposal is the latest instance of the Democrat venture capitalist trying to defeat Mayor London Breed in November by attacking her from the right, according to Politico.

Both Breed and California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom have deployed the National Guard and California Highway Patrol to support the efforts of local police to take down fentanyl rings, but Farrell wants more personnel for an unspecified length of time.

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