Gov. Pritzker says actions will be met with a 'response' if National Guard is sent to Chicago

Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker is no fan of President Trump and the President is obviously not the least bit perturbed about it. 

President Trump is planning to send in the National Guard to Chicago to deal with the rampant crime. [Why, it's so bad that even actor Jussie Smollett was attacked by his own friends one cold night a few years ago.]

Anyway, the corpulent governor says that 'action will be met with a response' if Trump does what he says he'll do, which is generally what happens when he says things. Pritzker says the state will not allow the federal government 'intimidate Chicagoans' by going after criminals. "We love our criminals," the rotund governor said as he bit down decisively on a Subway ham and cheese with the works.

"Unlike Donald Trump, we keep our promises," the governor wrote Wednesday on X. "We will not stand idly by if he decides to send the National Guard to intimidate Chicagoans. Action will be met with a response," the big man said. 

Of course, President Trump is one of the few people in public office that actually does keep his promises. The only promise he didn't keep was to lock up Hillary Clinton.

Big Pritzker's comments are the latest in his recent feud with President DonaldTrump, as the federal government considers whether to send troops to the Windy city.

Last week, the governor said there is no crime emergency in Chicago and Trump is "attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he is causing working families." 

Evidently, the huge governor doesn't think that 262 murders so far this year is a crime emergency. Perhaps Pritzker needs to define the term 'crime.'

"The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority," full-figured Pritzker said on Saturday. "There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders. We will continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect the people of Illinois."

I would say that the governor is shooting himself in the foot by taking this stance, but it's doubtful that he can actually see his feet. Trump said that Pritzker is a 'slob.'

On Monday, Pritzker said the potential federal deployment is "unconstitutional" and "un-American," unlike former and nearly dead POTUS, Joe Biden, who used two US Marine Corps members as a backdrop on September 1, 2022 outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia for a speech that focused on the "battle for the soul of the nation" and criticized "MAGA Republicans."

Not just shoulders

"Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish its dissidents and score political points," he said, as if Trump was going to run for a third term. "If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is — a dangerous power grab."

Chicago Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson, has cited data showing that violent crime has declined in the last year, including homicides and robberies dipping by more than 30%, and shootings dropping by nearly 40%. Although, crime is still up compared to 2021, according to statistics posted by Chicago police.

It's obvious they manipulate the numbers like they do with the deficit: if the rate of deficit is lower than last year, that some how means we're saving money rather than continuing going into debt.

"The problem with the President's approach is that it is uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound," Johnson, who is clearly one of the dumbest American mayors, said on Friday. "Unlawfully deploying the National Guard to Chicago has the potential to inflame tensions between residents and law enforcement when we know that trust between police and residents is foundational to building safer communities."

The hypocrisy is palpable. 

For example, last year, Democratic NY Governor Kathy Hochul deployed 750 National Guard to New York City's subways to address the surge in subway crime. In 2020, Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for National Guard's assistance in June following the thug, George Floyd's death to deal with looting and violence. And in the same year, a number of additional cities were crime ridden and Democratic governors in Minnesota [Timmy Walz] and California [ Gavin Newsom] activated the National Guard to deal with crime and unrest. Over 30,000 Guard troops were deployed across more than 30 states, mostly under Democratic 'leadership' to assist local law enforcement.

"When we fight back against tyranny, the people united will always prevail," Johnson later said. No joke.

President Trump responded to big-boned Pritzker and dim witted Johnson on Tuesday, writing in a social media post that the governor is "incompetent" and the mayor is "no better."

"A really DEADLY weekend in Chicago," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "6 DEAD, 27 HURT IN CRIME SPREES ALLOVER THE CITY. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent Governor who should call me for HELP. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago Great Again!"

Just another reminder: "Lock her up!"

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