‘He Better Straighten It Out’
President Donald Trump targeted the Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker (D), on Truth Social on Saturday, citing the violent crime numbers of Chicago and promising that federal support could be on the way.
“Six people were killed and 24 people were killed in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic governor of Illinois, just said that he did not need help to prevent crime. He’s crazy !!! wrote.
The press release follows weeks of climbing tension between the White House and the Illinois officials for the application of crimes and immigration to Chicago. Earlier this month, Trump federal The Washington Metropolitan Police Department, DC, under article 740 of the Columbia district law, associated with a deployment of the National Guard. Administration officials have credited This decision with a sharp drop in violent crimes in the national capital, including a 50% drop in homicides over an 11 -day period.
Trump has repeatedly pointed out that Chicago could be the next one. During a recent oval office event, the president describe The city as a “waste” and said that residents called for federal intervention. “We are going to straighten this one, probably the next one,” he said at the time.
Governor Pritzker has pushed Back against Trump’s remarks, accusing the administration of “authoritarian overtaking”. He warned That the Illinois “would not remain his arms crossed” if the National Guard was deployed in the city. In recent publications on social networks, Pritzker argued that state and local investments have already resulted in crime reductions, note Figures showing chicago homicides of more than 30% in the past year.
The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson (D), also opposite Trump’s approach, supporting the emphasis on the city, reflects “a disdain for workers”. Johnson stressed that employment for employed young people, mental health services and affordable housing initiatives which, according to him, have contributed to reductions in shooting, flights and carjacks.
Johnson Saturday sign An executive decree ordering municipal agencies to resist federal immigration raids, prohibiting the Chicago police from cooperating with the federal authorities on the application of civil immigration. The order has also prohibited agents from helping patrols, control points or traffic stops linked to federal operations. Johnson explained that the measure was necessary to protect the constitutional rights of residents “in the midst of the possibility of imminent militarized immigration or a deployment of the National Guard” and said that Trump “behaved outside the limits of the Constitution”.
In the meantime, Trump officials have advance plans to use the Chicago’s Great Lakes Naval Station to support the next scans of the immigration application, which prompted an additional decline in Pritzker, Johnson and other Democrats. Former transport secretary of Biden Pete Buttigieg sentenced The possible use of the station for the application of immigration, writing on X that “our soldiers have not been set up to respond to the whims of a potential American dictator”, while the militant of the rights of immigrants Aaron Reichlin-Melnick charge Trump with a “war against American cities”.
Despite the opposition, Trump argued that the residents of Chicago, in particular in the neighborhoods in the grip of violence, are asking for help. Local votes such as the businessman and the former candidate of the town hall Dr Willie Wilson welcomed The prospect of additional laws for applying the law, arguing that public security transcends partisan divisions.
