'Mr. President, Do Not Come To Chicago': JB Pritzker Issues Blistering Warning To Trump
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The Illinois governor hit back at the president's threats of deploying National Guard troops to the city in a forceful speech.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) condemned President Donald Trump’s threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago and plainly warned him against proceeding in a set of blistering remarks on Monday.
“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago,” Pritzker said while surrounded by dozens of Democratic lawmakers and community leaders, including Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. “You are neither wanted here nor needed here.”
Pritzker’s statements add to vocal pushback from state and local leaders in the wake of a Saturday Washington Post report, which revealed that the Pentagon has been preparing to deploy troops to Chicago for weeks. On Friday, Trump suggested that Chicago could be the next city to see federal intervention after he sent the National Guard to Washington, D.C., for a purported crackdown on crime.
Pritzker and Johnson have repeatedly stressed that they have not asked for such intervention, that the city doesn’t need it and that the White House hasn’t consulted local leaders at all in its efforts.
“We have made no requests for federal intervention. None,” Pritzker said, while emphasizing that crime rates in Chicago have declined significantly compared to last year.
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