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President Donald Trump Late Tuesday night, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued to jab back and forth as Windy City experienced another deadly weekend.
In an article about the Truth Society, the president called Pritzker “incompetent” and said Johnson “is not better” when talking about Chicago crime statistics (six deaths and 27 injuries).
Trump also said Prizker should ask him for help, and that may not happen City Crime It is “It is the kind of excessiveness that our founders warned against pushing.”
“I spent a very deadly weekend in Chicago. Six people died and 27 people committed the crime were in so much pain. Panic disorder Governor Pritzker said the crime was under control, although in fact the opposite, Trump wrote on Tuesday night.
Illinois Democratic Leader Explodes Trump Promotes to Send National Guard to Chicago
President Donald Trump continues to conduct ongoing jabs with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson as Democrats oppose the idea of patrolling Wind City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
The president and Democratic leaders in Illinois, especially Chicago, have been involved in disagreements in the way cities deal with crime.
Trump raises the idea of sending the National Guard to Chicago to combat violent crimes – Like he did in Washington, DC About two weeks ago – but already encountered a lot of opposition.
Pritzker and Johnson insist that the city does not have to be “occupied” by the military to reduce crime.
“Chicagoans are not asking for a military force to occupy our city. We are not asking for that,” Johnson said at a citywide press conference on Monday.
At the same meeting, Pritzker told Trump not to Come to Chicagobecause he “neither want nor need here”.
Crime statistics publicly obtained on the Chicago Police Department website show that last week, New York City experienced nine murders, 27 criminal sexual assaults, 128 robberies, 114 aggravated batteries, 117 burglaries, 297 burglaries, 297 car thefts and nearly 1,000 felony or misdemeanor or misdemeanor.
Although all categories have declined compared to last year, the overall increase in crime is 40% compared to 2021. Fox 32 Chicago It also reported that more illegal guns were collected in Chicago than Los Angeles and New York City combined.
White House accuses Pritzker, Illinois dems, while Chicago crime craze
Chicago has also been known for the 13th consecutive year as the city experienced 573 murders in 2024, according to the local export from Center Square.

Chicago crime statistics released online by the Police Department show that there are a lot of crimes in the city, but it is down 40% compared to 2021. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Chicago City postponed Have your own fact sheetbelieves Johnson’s main focus was “cutting violent crimes in Chicago” during his first two years as mayor, citing a 33% reduction in homicides and a 38% reduction in annual shootings.
Johnson also highlighted “the citywide homicide clearance rate is 77.4%,” which his office said was “the highest in more than a decade” as the mayor emphasized mental health and an “overall community safety approach.”

“Chicagoans did not ask military forces to occupy our city,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a press conference. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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The government’s proposal to deploy National Guard units to crime-ridden Chicago is in an ongoing operation in the U.S. capital.
Over 2,200 troops have patrolled the streets of DC in the past two weeks Manchester City only experienced one homicide During that period.
Deirdre Heaveny of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.

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