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“We’re going to immediately go to court if National Guard or
other military troops are sent, deployed to the city of
Chicago,” Pritzker said.
During a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki on
Wednesday, Trump expressed frustration with Pritzker’s lack of
cooperation with his administration. The president said crime is
the number one issue for Republicans against Democrats.
“They are against preventing crime. They are fighting us. I want
to go into Chicago and have that incompetent governor, that
doesn’t want us,” Trump said.
The president said the people of Chicago support him, and he
said his administration could straighten the city out.
Pritzker suggested Thursday that the Trump administration had a
“nefarious plan” to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement
to cause mayhem and then claim the need for military troops to
protect ICE.
“We’re going to do everything we can again to alleviate the
challenge on the people of Chicago if in fact the president is
trying to bring troops into Chicago, military troops,” Pritzker
said.
State Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, questioned why
some media use the term “threat” to refer to the National Guard.
“It’s ‘a threat coming from Washington, a threat.’ I’m trying to
understand why an American in uniform, standing on a street
corner trying to protect other Americans, is a threat to
anyone,” McLaughlin said.
McLaughlin said the real threat is to those who have a failed
record when it comes to public safety.
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