Speaking to reporters in Chicago on Monday, Pritzker railed against Trump’s proposal to use the National Guard the same way he’d used it in Washington, D.C., arguing that such a deployment wasn’t needed.
“We have crime like other cities do, but let’s be clear, we are actually in better shape than the 30 biggest cities across the United States,” he argued. “It’s important to understand that the president of the United States is doing this for theatrics.”
“Calling the military into a U.S. city to invade our streets and neighborhoods and disrupt the lives of everyday people is an extraordinary action, and it should require extraordinary justification,” Pritzker continued.
He then gestured to his immediate surroundings, implying that the peaceful atmosphere of Chicago’s riverwalk was
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