Pritzker says he will respond if Trump published the National Guard in Chicago

JB Pritzker, the state of Illinois, said that the state “will not stand idly” if President Donald Trump fulfills his threat to the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to respond to Crime in the city of wind.

The ruler wrote on Wednesday on X.

“The procedure will be met with a response,” continued.

Pritzker comments are the latest in his recent conflict with Trump, where the federal government weighs whether it will be sent Forces to Chicago.

Trump says that “Illinois Governor is incompetent”, the Chicago mayor should not call him to help the crime.

Last week, the ruler said that there is no crime emergency in Chicago, and Trump is trying to “manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans serving in the military uniform, and continue to abuse his strength to pay attention to the pain caused by a working families.”

“safety Illinois people “There is always no priority for me, there is no emergency that calls for the President of the United States that defines the National Guard in Illinois, the deployment of the National Guard from other states, or the actual sending of the army within our borders. We will continue to follow up on the law, defend the sovereignty of our state, and protect the people of Illinois.”

On Monday, Pritzker said that the potential federal publication is “unconstitutional” and “non -American”.

He said: “Donald Trump wants to use the army to occupy an American city, punish its defections and record political points.” “If this is happening in any other country, we will not face any problem calling it what it is – seizing dangerous power.”

The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson, who is also a democrat Violent crime It decreased last year, including murders and theft overwhelmed by more than 30 %, and fires decreased by about 40 %. Although the crime is still rising compared to 2021, according to the statistics published by the Chicago police.

the government. Pritzker says Trump is trying to “manufacture a crisis” while the supervisor is planning to deploy the National Guard in Chicago

“The problem with the president’s approach is that it is unjustified, unjustified,” said Johnson on Friday. “The illegal deployment of the National Guard in Chicago has the ability to confirm tensions between the population and enforce the law when we know that confidence between the police and the population is a foundation to build safer societies.”

The mayor said later: “When we respond against tyranny, people United will always prevail.”

Other Illinois leaders also criticized the potential step to send the forces to Chicago.

Trump responded To Pritzker and Johnson on Tuesday, writing in a post on social media that the ruler is “incompetent” and the mayor “is not better.”

Trump wrote on the social truth: “A truly lethal weekend in Chicago,” Trump wrote on the social truth. “6 deaths, 27 years of crime in the city. Pritzker -afflicted pancakes say the crime is under control, while it is in fact the exact opposite. He is an incompetent ruler who should call me to help. Mayor Johnson is not better.

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This comes after Trump moved to enhance the existence of federal law in Washington, DC, Try to reduce crime.

Hundreds of federal agents and the National Guard forces were deployed in the streets of the capital as part of the federal acquisition of the region.