mark francis
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Democrats in Chicago have passed truckloads of gun laws and have hog-tied police amid rising murder rates, but they do not want Trump to help bring the crime rate down. Go figger.
Illinois leaders on Monday pushed back firmly against President Donald Trump’s threat to bring military troops to fight crime in Chicago, arguing the plan was both unnecessary and an authoritarian attempt to punish the president’s rivals and silence his critics.
“Do not come to Chicago,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during a press conference near the base of a Trump-branded tower in downtown Chicago.
Pritzker, a Democrat, said no one from the Trump administration had been in touch with state or local leaders or law enforcement about the threatened Chicago deployment. He accused the president of carrying out an “authoritarian” shock campaign to “circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.”
“We are being targeted because of what and whom we represent,” added Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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[/td]“Do not come to Chicago,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during a press conference near the base of a Trump-branded tower in downtown Chicago.
Pritzker, a Democrat, said no one from the Trump administration had been in touch with state or local leaders or law enforcement about the threatened Chicago deployment. He accused the president of carrying out an “authoritarian” shock campaign to “circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.”
“We are being targeted because of what and whom we represent,” added Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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