Donald Trump publicly attacked Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, calling him CRAZY and pathetic while criticizing handling of Chicago crime. Trump proposed extending a federal crackdown on crime and illegal immigration to Chicago and touted a 14-day crime crackdown that made Washington, D.C. virtually a CRIME FREE ZONE. Chicago recorded 573 homicides in 2024, the highest among U.S. cities. State and city Democrats have asserted there is no major crime problem, and some media outlets have repeated that claim despite extensive prior reporting on violent crime and risks faced by Chicago residents. Chicago's mayor barred local police from participating in any federal crackdown.
President Donald Trump trashed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday, calling the Democrat CRAZY and pathetic over crime in the city of Chicago. He then described Washington, D.C. as a CRIME FREE ZONE in a follow-up on his Truth Social app. Trump has floated the idea of taking his the crackdown on crime and illegal immigration to Chicago, a city with so much violent crime it has been referred to as Chi-Raq in popular culture as well as in a Spike Lee film.
Chicago recorded 573 homicides in 2024, which is the most of any U.S. city. But despite such alarming statistics, the governor and other Democrats have repeatedly claimed there's no crime problem in the major city. Many media outlets have embraced that talking point despite voluminous prior reporting on the true extent of the problem and the threat faced by Chicagoans, particularly minority residents.
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