President Donald Trump blasted Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday morning after seven people were killed and at least a dozen more were wounded in shootings throughout Chicago over the weekend.
Police in Chicago said the shooting victims ranged between the ages of 15 and 57 in more than a dozen shootings between Friday and Sunday, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-sep-5-to-8-2025/">reported</a>. The violence in Chicago over the weekend came after another deadly few days over Labor Day weekend, when eight people were <a href="https://apnews.com/article/chicago-shootings-labor-day-58c2b6678c89d340fb5ab699bf142247">killed</a> and at least 50 people were wounded.
&#8220;Governor Pritzker just stated that he doesn&#8217;t want Federal Government HELP! WHY???&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115168933967621443">posted</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;What is wrong with this guy, and the 5% in Polls Mayor. I want to help the people of Chicago, not hurt them. Only the Criminals will be hurt! We can move fast and stop this madness. The City and State have not been able to do the job. People of Illinois should band together and DEMAND PROTECTION. IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE!!! ACT NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!&#8221;
In recent weeks, Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to address the city&#8217;s violent crime problem after he sent troops and federal agents into Washington, D.C., last month. Trump posted a meme on Saturday, showing an AI-generated image of himself with military helicopters flying over Chicago, which is shown in flames.
The image was captioned: &#8220;I love the smell of deportations in the morning&#8230; Chicago about to find out why it&#8217;s called the Department of War.&#8221; Trump border czar Tom Homan said on Sunday that &#8220;sanctuary cities&#8221; should expect to see a surge in immigration enforcement, adding that use of National Guard troops to assist was on the table, ABC 7 Chicago <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/entry/17767661/">reported</a>.
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Democrats, including Pritzker, argued that the meme was a threat &#8220;to go to war with an American city.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not a joke. This is not normal,&#8221; Pritzker <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1964367057052701152">posted</a> on X. &#8220;Donald Trump isn&#8217;t a strongman, he&#8217;s a scared man. Illinois won&#8217;t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.&#8221;
Mayor Johnson <a href="https://x.com/chicagosmayor/status/1964384513548570871?s=46&amp;t=NOfQRKFbAKf3WtjF9OVfDQ">added</a>, &#8220;The President&#8217;s threats are beneath the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution. We must defend our democracy from this authoritarianism by protecting each other and protecting Chicago from Donald Trump.&#8221;
Chicago has reported the most <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons">homicides</a> of any American city for 13 straight years. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-declares-were-going-in-chicago-on-notice-as-national-guard-plans-imminent">promised</a> last week that the federal government would take action.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going in. I didn&#8217;t say when we&#8217;re going in. … This isn&#8217;t a political thing. I have an obligation,&#8221; Trump said.
A National Guard deployment to Chicago would likely face legal challenges. Last week, a federal judge in California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-trump-illegally-deployed-us-military-to-los-angeles">ruled</a> that Trump&#8217;s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June was unlawful. The Trump administration is also being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-files-suit-to-end-trumps-national-guard-deployment">sued</a> over its use of the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

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Trump Rips Dems For Refusing Federal Help After More Deadly Shootings In Chicago

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President Donald Trump scolded NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor over a question about whether his administration really means to &#8220;go to war&#8221; with the city of Chicago.
Alcindor asked the question as Trump prepared to leave the White House to attend the finals of the U.S. Open, and was referring to a meme — posted Saturday on Trump&#8217;s Truth Social platform — that read, &#8220;&#8216;I love the smell of deportations in the morning&#8230;&#8217; Chicago about to find out why it&#8217;s called the Department of WAR.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> BODIES <a href="https://twitter.com/Yamiche?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yamiche</a> for asking if we&#8217;re &#8220;going to war with Chicago&#8221;:
&#8220;You never listen. That&#8217;s why you&#8217;re second-rate. We&#8217;re not going to war. We&#8217;re going to clean up our cities&#8230; so they don&#8217;t kill five people every weekend. That&#8217;s not war. That&#8217;s common sense.&#8221; 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/SJluB8lbyX">pic.twitter.com/SJluB8lbyX</a>
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&#8220;Are you trying to go to war with Chicago?&#8221; Alcindor asked.
&#8220;When you say that, darling, that’s fake news,&#8221; Trump pushed back.
Alcindor started to respond, but Trump kept talking.
“I don&#8217;t go to war with — listen. Be quiet, listen!” Trump said. “You don’t listen! You never listen. That’s why you’re second-rate. We’re not going to war, we’re gonna clean up our cities. We’re gonna clean them up, so they don’t kill five people every weekend. That’s not war, that’s common sense.”
Trump jabbed at reporters again — and the city of Chicago — laying out the murder statistics from just the last two weekends in the Windy City.
&#8220;You know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. You know how many people were killed in Chicago the week before? Seven&#8230; 74 people were wounded. You think there&#8217;s worse than that?&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> goes off on the Fake News for downplaying crime in Chicago: &#8220;You know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. You know how many people were killed in Chicago the week before? Seven&#8230; 74 people were wounded. You think there&#8217;s worse than that?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xNLcKWncs4">pic.twitter.com/xNLcKWncs4</a>
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Trump has repeatedly said he&#8217;d send <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-declares-were-going-in-chicago-on-notice-as-national-guard-plans-imminent">National Guard</a> troops to several major cities — Chicago among them — in order to assist local law enforcement and help bring down soaring violent crime rates. That plan has been met with objections from Chicago Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-alderman-blows-up-at-mayor-governor-over-tit-for-tat-with-trump-over-crime">Brandon Johnson</a> and Illinois Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jb-pritzker-tries-to-fact-check-trump-gets-his-backside-handed-to-him-by-grok-instead">JB Pritzker</a>, both of whom have claimed that Chicago is getting better.

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‘Be Quiet’: Trump Shushes Reporter Over Question About ‘Going To War’ With Chicago

'Be Quiet': Trump Shushes Reporter Over Question About 'Going To War' With Chicago

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Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that the president’s National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital is an “illegal federal overreach.”
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, a Democrat, <a href="https://oag.dc.gov/release/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-end-illegal-national">argued</a> that the deployment “is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents.” The lawsuit claims that Trump’s move to send in National Guard troops to help address D.C.’s violent crime problem deprives “the District of the local autonomy granted under the Home Rule Act.”
“No American city should have the US military – particularly out-of-state military who are not accountable to the residents and untrained in local law enforcement – policing its streets,” Schwalb added. “It’s D.C. today but could be any other city tomorrow. We’ve filed this action to put an end to this illegal federal overreach.”
President Donald Trump said he deployed the National Guard to the nation’s capital on August 11 to “reestablish law, order and public safety.” Trump also ordered federal law enforcement officers to assist in making arrests. The White House fired back after the lawsuit was filed, telling <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/dc-trump-national-guard-suit.html">The New York Times</a> that D.C.’s move was “nothing more than another attempt — at the detriment of D.C. residents and visitors — to undermine the President’s highly successful operations to stop violent crime in D.C.”
The White House said last week that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-less-than-a-month-trumps-federal-d-c-force-makes-more-than-1k-arrests?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=In+Less+Than+A+Month%2C+Trump%E2%80%99s+Federal+D.C.+Force+Makes+More+Than+1K+Arrests">more than 1,000 arrests</a> have been made, including apprehensions of many suspected illegal immigrants, in D.C. since Trump deployed the National Guard. An administration official told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan that authorities also seized more than 100 firearms and cleared nearly 50 homeless encampments.
On Wednesday, Trump <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/trump-dc-crime-down-100-percent-heres-what-numbers-show/">declared</a> that D.C. “is a totally safe city” following his executive action. “You are not reporting any crime because there is none,” Trump said. “They said crime is down 87%, then I said ‘no it’s not. It’s down 100%.’”
According to <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/9.1.2025%20Surge%20Report.pdf">data</a> released by the Metropolitan Police Department, violent crime has gone down 39% during Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and federal law enforcement agents compared to the same time last year. Homicides dropped 58% and burglaries decreased by 49%, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s statistics. President Trump has questioned the D.C. police department’s crime data after allegations surfaced earlier this year that officials “cooked the books” to keep crime numbers down.
The lawsuit follows a ruling from a federal judge on Tuesday who said that Trump broke the law when he deployed the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles during violent anti-ICE protests in June, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-trump-illegally-deployed-us-military-to-los-angeles">reported</a>. The order from Judge Charles Breyer, the younger brother of former liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, takes effect next week.
Breyer’s order blocks the Trump administration from using around 300 National Guard troops left in Los Angeles to engage “in arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants, unless and until Defendants satisfy the requirements of a valid constitutional or statutory exception.”
The lawsuit filed by D.C. against Trump makes similar arguments as the case brought against the president in California, claiming that the National Guard deployment to cities violates the Posse Comitatus Act by using the military for domestic law enforcement. While Trump’s move is challenged in D.C., he is also considering deploying the National Guard to tackle violent crime in other cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, and Baltimore.

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President Donald Trump made it clear on Tuesday that he intends to clean up Chicago, no matter what the Democratic politicians who run the city and the state have to say.
Over the Labor Day weekend, nearly 60 people were shot, and at least nine people were killed in Chicago. Under Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson, the city experienced <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-numbers-johnson-releases-2024-stats-touts-citys-progress.amp?utm_source=chatgpt.com">572 homicides</a> in 2024, making it the deadliest U.S. city by total homicides for the 13th consecutive year.
Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker “has repeatedly resisted <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1960006729619443983">calls</a> from President Donald J. Trump to ask for assistance in quelling the violence,” The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/for-j-b-pritzker-when-will-enough-be-enough/">noted</a>. Some of Pritzker’s statements have included, “<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/guard-not-needed-in-chicago-pritzker-tells-ap-during-tour-of-city-to-counter-trumps-crime-claims#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%E2%80%99ve%20been%20fighting%20crime.%20We%E2%80%99ve%20been%20trying%20to%20prevent%20crime%20and%20it%E2%80%99s%20been%20working.%E2%80%9D">We’ve been trying to prevent crime and it’s been working</a>,” “<a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1962168311614931214">We have our job, which is to fight violent crime on the streets of our city — and by the way, we’re succeeding</a>,” “<a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/us-news/54-shot-7-killed-in-chicago-weekend-bloodbath-after-pritzker-claims-trump-national-guard-not-needed/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">National Guard troops or any kind of troops on the streets of an American city don’t belong unless there is an insurrection, unless there is truly an emergency – and there is not</a>,” “<a href="https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/statement-from-governor-pritzker-on-reports-of-military-deployments">Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis</a>,” and “<a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1962949118088675839">Big cities have crime</a>.”
On Labor Day, Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-on-organized-labor-to-defend-city-from-trump">yelled to a crowd</a>, “No federal troops in the city of Chicago. No militarized force in the city of Chicago. We’re going to defend our democracy in the city of Chicago.&#8221;
“Despite pleas from <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/yes-chicago-has-a-crime-problem-just-ask-its-residents/#:~:text=Chicago%E2%80%99s%20residents%20want%20action%3A">residents</a>, <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1962854649771294748">members of</a> <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1960038758855881215">the city council</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1962854049486643572">even MSNBC</a>, Pritzker is too blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome to take action in the best interest of his constituents and end the bloodshed,” The White House stated. “The Trump Administration’s message to Chicagoans and residents in Democrat-run cities nationwide is simple: <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1961117590467514686">you don’t have to live like this</a>.”
On Tuesday, Trump had a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/trump-chicago-national-guard/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">succinct response</a> when asked by reporters if he had decided whether to send National Guard troops to Chicago, declaring, “We’re going in. I didn’t say when we’re going in. … This isn’t a political thing. I have an obligation.”
He <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d">added</a> that if Pritzker would “call me up, I would love to do it. Now, we’re going to do it anyway. We have the right to do it. Because I have an obligation to protect this country and that includes Baltimore. &#8230; Baltimore’s a very unsafe place.”

President Trump Meets With His Cabinet At The White House

Trump Declares ‘We’re Going In’—Chicago On Notice As National Guard Plans Imminent

WASHINGTON — The White House is encouraging Democrat mayors across the United States to follow the lead of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who shared Tuesday that the nation&#8217;s capitol will continue to partner with President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Safe and Beautiful Task Force&#8221; going forward.
In a Tuesday press release, the D.C. mayor announced she had issued an order continuing the work of the Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center and task force, sharing that &#8220;during and after the Presidential emergency, the SBEOC will manage the District’s response, coordinate centralized communications, and ensure coordination with federal law enforcement to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.&#8221;
&#8220;The mayor’s fellow Democrats should take note, working with President Trump means safer communities and less crime – no one in their right mind could seriously oppose that,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed on Tuesday.
Trump&#8217;s efforts to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., have been hugely successful: every night, the federal force in Washington has arrested around 70-80 criminals, many of whom are illegal immigrants.
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On Monday evening, for example, authorities made 70 arrests, 27 of whom were illegal aliens. That brought the city&#8217;s total arrests to 1,669 since the beginning of operations on Thursday, August 7. One of those arrests was an individual who assaulted a 77-year-old woman and stole her purse, another was for assault with a dangerous weapon, another for assault during a domestic dispute in which the subject choked the victim, and more.
The total D.C. arrests include 16 known gang members, including MS-13 and TDA gang members, rescues of 5 missing children, 168 firearms seized, and 50 homeless encampments cleared by multi-agency teams.
“President Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in D.C. have yielded tremendous results in such a short time &#8212; violent crime has plummeted and dangerous criminals are being removed from the streets every single night,&#8221; Leavitt said Tuesday.
&#8220;The Trump administration is grateful to continue partnering with Mayor Bowser to make D.C. the safest city in the country,&#8221; she added.
Trump has set his eyes on Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois, for federal enforcement next.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going in,&#8221; he told reporters on Tuesday, asked about deploying federal troops to Chicago and Baltimore. He did not specify when, exactly, the deployments would take place. He also said he would &#8220;love&#8221; if JB Pritzker called and asked for his help with the National Guard.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to do it anyway,&#8221; he said on Tuesday. &#8220;We have the right to do it.”

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A federal judge on Tuesday said that President Donald Trump broke the law by deploying the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles County amid violent protests targeting immigration enforcement operations. 
Judge Charles Breyer, the younger brother of former liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/176/newsom-v-trump/">issued</a> a ruling that Trump was using the military to enforce domestic law in violation of federal law. The Trump administration had argued that the deployment of about 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles was only to protect federal property and personnel. 
“Nevertheless, at Defendants’ orders and contrary to Congress’s explicit instruction, federal troops executed the laws,” wrote Breyer, a Clinton-appointed judge. “The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles.”
The specific law that Breyer said Trump violated was the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the use of the military to enforce domestic law. 
Breyer’s order, which takes effect in 10 days, blocks Trump from using the approximately 300 National Guard troops left in Los Angeles from “engaging in arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants, unless and until Defendants satisfy the requirements of a valid constitutional or statutory exception.”
The case came to Breyer after California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom sued Trump.
“DONALD TRUMP LOSES AGAIN,” Newsom posted on X. “The courts agree — his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL.”
Responding to the ruling, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said that Breyer’s decision was misleading and that the National Guard would not be leaving Los Angeles. 
“The military will remain in Los Angeles,” he <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1962891988291957185">wrote</a> on X. “This is a false narrative and a misleading injunction. The military has never engaged in direct law enforcement operations here in LA. They protect our federal employees our properties so our federal agents can safely enforce federal laws in the face of the thugs being unleashed and encouraged by state and local politicians.”
A previous decision from Breyer blocking Trump from taking control of the National Guard from Newsom was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-scores-big-win-against-newsom-in-california-national-guard-clash">overturned</a> by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. That court agreed with the Trump administration that the National Guard was only being used to protect federal property and personnel.

National Guard in Los Angeles amid protests over ICE raids

Judge Rules Trump Illegally Deployed US Military To Los Angeles

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A growing number of Blue State governors have begun to draw battle lines over President Donald Trump&#8217;s use of National Guard troops and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to clean up violent crime — and expedite the deportation of criminal illegals — in major cities all across the country.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) joined host Martha Raddatz on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; and he began by blaming Trump for the animosity between them and claiming that he would &#8220;love&#8221; help from the Trump administration to clean up his city.
Moore, who just recently claimed that his state was perfectly safe and effectively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stop-talking-and-get-to-work-trump-targets-top-dem-governor-in-sunday-morning-scolding">dared Trump</a> to go for a walk with him to prove it, told Raddatz he would welcome help from Trump to reduce the crime rate in Baltimore &#8220;instead of this arrogant criticism and cynicism that he continues to introduce into the conversation.&#8221;
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> that he would “love” help from President Trump to continue crime reduction efforts in Baltimore “instead of this arrogant criticism and cynicism that he continues to introduce into the conversation.” <a href="https://t.co/ck8wwBFBP4">https://t.co/ck8wwBFBP4</a> <a href="https://t.co/iduozQAoyG">pic.twitter.com/iduozQAoyG</a>
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Moore continued to buck Trump&#8217;s suggestion that the National Guard ought to play a role, arguing that the military should not be utilized in that fashion. Trump has argued that since their deployment in Washington, D.C., has been quite effective, the same should be done in other major cities with similar crime problems.
&#8220;As the commander in chief of the Maryland National Guard, I am not just deeply respectful, but very cognizant of the skill sets that our national guards bring. And the National Guard is not trained for municipal policing,&#8221; Moore told Raddatz.
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The Maryland Governor — who has been floated as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2028 — went on to defend his criticisms of Trump, arguing that he was only doing it in the service of the people in his state: &#8220;I have no interest in fighting with the president, but I have an interest in fighting for my communities and fighting for our people.&#8221;
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore defended his rhetoric against Pres. Trump over crime in Baltimore amid their escalating feud: “I have no interest in fighting with the president, but I have an interest in fighting for my communities and fighting for our people.” <a href="https://t.co/ePGtbHEyNN">https://t.co/ePGtbHEyNN</a> <a href="https://t.co/CNkY5sihDc">pic.twitter.com/CNkY5sihDc</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; broadcast of &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) took a remarkably similar posture. While claiming he&#8217;d welcome help from the federal government to address violent crime, Pritzker also claimed that his state — even Chicago — was making great progress and said he&#8217;d fight back if Trump&#8217;s help came in the form of ICE agents or the National Guard.
&#8220;They&#8217;ll be in court pretty quickly,&#8221; he said of the Trump administration.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he hopes the Trump administration doesn’t send National Guard troops, along with ICE and other federal agents, to Chicago in the coming weeks as part of its crackdown on crime, but if it does, “they&#8217;ll be in court pretty quickly,” he warns.
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Pritzker went on to chastise Trump for pointing out the violent crime rampant in Chicago, claiming instead that the biggest crime problems were in red states. What he did not mention was the fact that those cities were almost all controlled by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jb-pritzker-tries-to-fact-check-trump-gets-his-backside-handed-to-him-by-grok-instead">Democratic mayors</a>.
&#8220;He wakes up in the morning and whatever whim strikes him is what he apparently says. And recently, I guess, I&#8217;ve been living rent-free in his head. Notice he never talks about where the most violent crime is occurring, which is in red states,&#8221; Pritzker said.
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In response to President Trump calling Chicago “a hellhole” in recent days, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the city “apparently is living rent-free” in the president’s head.
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Pritzker claimed he &#8220;would love more help&#8221; from the Trump administration, but added, &#8220;We don&#8217;t want troops on the streets of American cities.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s taking away federal funding for those programs, which are so important to us. We&#8217;ve increased funding at the state level, but we need that federal funding,&#8221; Pritzker said.
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Illinois “would love more help” from federal agents to fight crime across the state and in the city of Chicago, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says. But he pushes back on the Trump administration’s potentially sending National Guard troops to Chicago to assist law enforcement, telling… <a href="https://t.co/kGzCMnspPT">pic.twitter.com/kGzCMnspPT</a>
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He went on to compare Trump to Hitler, explaining, &#8220;I built a Holocaust museum. I know what the history was of a constitutional republic being overturned, after an election, in 53 days. And I&#8217;m very, very concerned. It&#8217;s thwart the media. It&#8217;s create mayhem that requires military interdiction. These are things that happen throughout history, and Donald Trump is just following that playbook.&#8221;
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Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) when asked if he believes President Trump is an authoritarian:
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The Illinois Governor — who has also been rumored to have presidential aspirations — then claimed that shootings were also &#8220;down significantly&#8221; in Chicago before he pivoted to push for even more gun control.
&#8220;I very much believe that people who have a right to own a gun should be able to go get one, but that you&#8217;ve got to have universal background checks. You&#8217;ve got to make sure that you&#8217;re not selling guns that give someone the ability to commit a mass attack, in a school or anywhere else,&#8221; he said.
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Asked how Illinois’ new gun laws will help stop shootings at churches and schools, Gov. JB Pritzker says shootings “are down significantly” in the city of Chicago and across the state.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department staffer seen flipping off National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
Bondi announced the staffing change in a Friday post on X. The former employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was caught by a Justice Department security camera flipping off National Guard troops and telling them to “f*** off,” according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/bondi-fires-doj-staffer-who-flipped-off-national-guard-in-dc-and-was-seen-boasting-about-it/">New York Post</a>.
“Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC. @TheJusticeDept remains committed to defending President Trump’s agenda and fighting to make America safe again,” Bondi posted. “If you oppose our mission and disrespect law enforcement — you will NO LONGER work at DOJ.”
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Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> remains committed to defending President Trump’s agenda and fighting to make America safe again.
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Baxter bragged about her confrontation with the National Guard troops to a security guard at the Department of Justice. On August 18, Baxter told a security guard that she had made the rude gesture to a National Guardsman at the Metro Center Metro Stop. A week later on August 25, she spoke to the security guard again about her feelings against the National Guard, according to the Post.
Baxter worked in the “4CON” building of the Justice Department – the same building that former Justice Department paralegal Sean Charles Dunn worked in. Dunn was fired from the department after allegedly throwing a Subway sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol officer.
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Dunn was fired and charged earlier this month over the incident. In a video captured by a bystander, the 37-year-old former Justice Department employee allegedly shouted at federal agents, calling them “fascists” and yelling “f*** you.”
Dunn then began to walk away from the officers before stopping, approaching the federal agents, and allegedly throwing his sandwich at an officer before trying to run away.
On Wednesday, a grand jury <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-failing-felony-indictment-feds-charge-dc-sandwich/story?id=125078765">refused</a> to charge Dunn with felony assault over the sandwich toss. Federal prosecutors have since charged him again with a misdemeanor.
Bondi said earlier this month that Dunn had been fired over the incident.
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-employee-faces-felony-after-chucking-sandwich-at-federal-agent-to-protest-trumps-d-c-takeover">said</a> in a post on X at the time. “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”

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Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker hit back at President Donald Trump on Monday, as the president considers deploying the National Guard to Chicago.
Trump said in the Oval Office that he would like to work with Democratic governors and mayors to deploy the National Guard to major cities to address violent crime. Pritzker <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q04p3OJdhpU&amp;list=RDNSQ04p3OJdhpU&amp;start_radio=1">responded</a> to Trump’s comments during a press conference with local and state Democratic leaders, saying that Trump and the National Guard are “neither wanted here nor needed here.”
“If this was really about fighting crime or making the streets safe, what possible justification could the White House have for planning such an exceptional action without any conversations or consultations with the governor, the mayor, or the police?” Pritzker asked. “Let me answer that question. This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city in a blue state to try to intimidate his political rivals.”
The Illinois governor said that Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago are “exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against.”
“Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’” Priztker added. “Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”
While Trump has not officially taken any step toward deploying the National Guard or federal law enforcement agents to Chicago, he said last week that the Windy City would be “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-chicago-is-next-for-d-c-style-federal-law-enforcement-operation">next</a>” after he ordered the National Guard and federal agents to address violent crime in the nation’s capital. On Monday, the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/that-guy-is-a-disaster-trump-rips-into-another-blue-state-governor-with-presidential-dreams">continued</a> his calls for a National Guard deployment in Chicago, adding that he would prefer that Democratic leaders ask him to send in the troops.
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“You really want to be asked to go, you know,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I hate to barge in on a city and then be treated horribly by corrupt politicians and bad politicians, like a guy like Pritzker. He ought to spend more time at the gym, actually.”
“That guy is a disaster,” he added.
Among U.S. cities with more than one million residents, Chicago has faced the highest murder rate for seven straight years, according to <a href="https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/sites/rit.edu.liberalarts/files/docs/CPSI%20Working%20Papers/2025-02_CPSI%20Working%20Paper_US%20City%20Homicide%20Stats.pdf">data</a> put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/yes-chicago-has-a-crime-problem-just-ask-its-residents/">cited</a> by the White House. In 2024, Chicago had a homicide rate of 21.7 per 100,000 people. Chicago’s murder rate was three times higher than that of Los Angeles and more than five times higher than New York’s. The Trump administration is also reportedly considering sending in the National Guard to address violent crime in Los Angeles and New York City.
Trump enraged Democrats when he sidestepped California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles earlier this summer as parts of the county faced violent anti-ICE protests. Newsom sued the Trump administration over the National Guard deployment, and the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-guard-los-angeles-deployment-trial-day-3/">decision</a> in that case is currently pending before a federal judge.

‘Do Not Come To Chicago’: Pritzker Fires Back At Trump’s Threat To Deploy National Guard

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President Donald Trump targeted Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) in a post on Sunday morning, lashing out at him over an invitation to &#8220;walk the streets&#8221; in Maryland and saying that he would not do so until Moore took steps to clean up crime.
Trump took aim at Moore — who has been floated as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 — in a post shared first on his Truth Social platform, comparing him to another of the Democratic Party&#8217;s top prospects (California Governor Gavin Newsom) in the process.
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&#8220;Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I &#8216;walk the streets of Maryland&#8217; with him,&#8221; Trump began. &#8220;I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore?&#8221;
&#8220;As President, I would much prefer that he clean up this Crime disaster before I go there for a &#8216;walk,'&#8221; Trump continued, arguing that Moore should have to clean up the city before he asked the President of the United States to join him there. &#8220;Wes Moore’s record on Crime is a very bad one, unless he fudges his figures on crime like many of the other &#8216;Blue States&#8217; are doing.&#8221;
The president went on to jab at Newsom (D-CA), saying that he could always send troops into Baltimore like he&#8217;d done in Los Angeles.
&#8220;But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the &#8216;troops,&#8217; which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime. After only one week, there is NO CRIME AND NO MURDER IN DC! When it is like that in Baltimore, I will proudly &#8216;walk the streets&#8217; with the failing, because of Crime, Governor of Maryland,&#8221; Trump added.
&#8220;P.S. Baltimore is ranked the 4th WORST CITY IN THE NATION IN CRIME &amp; MURDER. Stop talking and get to work, Wes,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I’ll then see you on the streets!!! Also, I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge. I will now have to rethink that decision??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT.&#8221;
Trump has also suggested that he will send troops to Chicago in an effort to bring down the violent crime rate there as well.

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President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office on Friday that Chicago is next on his list of places where he wants to use his power to root out violent crime.
Speaking to reporters and praising federal agents for the violent crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., Trump set his sights on Chicago, where gang violence and shootings have become the norm under Democratic leadership.
&#8220;Chicago is a mess, you have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we will straighten that one out next. That will be our next one after this, and it won’t even be tough,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/i-think-chicago-will-be-next-president-trump-signals-plans-to-extend-crackdown-on-crime-to-chicago/">said</a>.
Trump also hinted at moving federal resources to New York City after taking care of Chicago.
&#8220;And the people in Chicago &#8230; are screaming for us to come. They are wearing red hats, just like this one,&#8221; Trump said, referring to his &#8220;Trump Was Right About Everything&#8221; hat. “African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, ‘Please, Mr. Trump, come to Chicago, please.’ I did great with the black vote, as you know, and they want something to happen. So, I think Chicago will be next and then we’ll help with New York.”
While Chicago has reported a decrease in homicides and other violent crimes in recent years, the Windy City is still <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/11/homicides-drop-nationwide-chicago-lags-behind-other-major-cities-why">lagging behind</a> some other major cities in tackling its murder problem. In 2023, Chicago reported 617 homicides, which was a decrease from the 715 murders in 2022, but still higher than America&#8217;s two largest cities, New York City and Los Angeles.
Earlier this month, 34 people were shot, five of whom were killed, in shootings across Chicago during one weekend, ABC 7 Chicago <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-10-shot-2-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17483197/">reported</a>. The violence has continued this week, with three people killed and another person wounded in multiple shootings in the city on Thursday, according to <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-garfield-park-shootings">Fox 32</a>.
Chicago&#8217;s elected Democratic politicians criticized Trump over his comments on sending troops to the city, with Mayor Brandon Johnson calling Trump&#8217;s approach &#8220;uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound,&#8221; according to <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/i-think-chicago-will-be-next-president-trump-signals-plans-to-extend-crackdown-on-crime-to-chicago/">WGN 9</a>.
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&#8220;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,&#8221; Johnson added. &#8220;An unlawful deployment would be unsustainable and would threaten to undermine the historic progress we have. In the past year alone, we have reduced homicides by more than 30%, robberies by 35%, and shootings by almost 40%. We need to continue to invest in what is working.&#8221;
Federal and local law enforcement have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/feds-nab-suspected-ms-13-gangster-top-700-arrests-dc-crackdown">arrested</a> over 700 suspected criminals on the capital&#8217;s streets since Trump sent in federal agents and the National Guard, with most of the arrests taking place in D.C.&#8217;s highest crime areas, according to the White House. D.C. police also reported a murder-free eight days stretching back to last Thursday, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-has-murder-free-week-ag-bondi-touts-77-more-arrests-federal-takeover">Fox News</a>.
In Washington, D.C., Trump has the authority to deploy National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officers through the &#8220;Home Rule Act.&#8221; Deploying the National Guard to another American city wouldn&#8217;t be as simple and would likely require Trump to sidestep Democratic Governor JB Pritzker, similar to what the president did when he sent troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer. That move was challenged in court and is currently before a federal judge.

Trump Says Chicago Is ‘Next’ For D.C.-Style Federal Law Enforcement Operation

Washington, D.C. isn’t just any city, it’s our nation’s capital — where Americans go to conduct the business of our nation and to celebrate our history. More than that, it’s a place many call home.
Unfortunately, thanks to the work of local elected officials and their radical progressive <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/25/7-changes-congress-should-make-before-restoring-d-c-s-bloated-billion-dollars-in-funding/">policies</a>, the District of Columbia is now incredibly unsafe.
A quick <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcS3wkDf4MU">listen</a> to reporters in the White House Press Briefing Room reacting to President Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown shows just how bad things have gotten. Many have personally been victimized in D.C., or at least have friends or family members who have.
And it’s no wonder. For years, local D.C. Council members have proudly proclaimed their plans to <a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/the-dc-city-council-failed-criminal-justice-reform-congress-must-fix-it">decriminalize</a> entire swaths of problematic conduct and to only allow relatively lenient sentences even for those convicted of very violent crimes.
On top of that, council members have touted their plans to <a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/dcs-radical-criminal-code-reform-would-make-city-even-less-safe">defund</a> the Metropolitan Police Department (MPDC) and to impose onerous restrictions on officers while performing their duties.
The result? MPDC is facing a historic staffing crisis, with some saying it will take a decade or more for the force to recover and be fully staffed.
But, fortunately, President Trump and his administration have stepped in to take action to protect our nation’s capital — something the Framers of our Constitution always <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4034744">intended</a>. Federal officials have the final say — and responsibility — for what happens in Washington, D.C.
As provided by the <a href="https://dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/">Home Rule Act</a>, the president has directly taken control of the local police force. He has deployed D.C.’s national guard to help patrol and make up for the police department’s manpower shortage, and he has surged federal law enforcement resources — FBI, DEA, ATF, etc. — to help patrol too.
The initial results have been staggering. D.C.’s police union <a href="https://x.com/DCPoliceUnion/status/1957435067258577173">highlighted</a> that in the first seven days of Trump’s law enforcement surge, carjackings dropped 83% compared to the same period a week earlier. Robberies dropped by 46%. Car thefts dropped by 21%. And violent crime overall dropped by 22%.
Even more shocking and welcome news is that for the first time in a long time, the District went an entire week <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-dc-just-had-murder-free-week-yes-dems-trump-did">without a murder</a> committed within its borders. That’s even more impressive considering that murder rates tend to spike during the hot and humid summer months.
While President Trump has <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/trump-patrol-dc-military-law-enforcement-thursday-night-officials-say">joined</a> law enforcement to see firsthand what they experience while patrolling the streets and Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other senior administration officials <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/vp-vance-visits-national-guard-union-station-amid-dc-protests">visit and listen</a> to deployed national guard troops around the capital, some local officials seek to frustrate these effective crime fighting tactics.
For example, D.C.’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued the president, claiming that the Home Rule Act — and the Constitution — don’t really mean what they say.
Schwalb <a href="https://x.com/DCAttorneyGen/status/1956339474633253098">claims</a> that the President can’t really control D.C.’s local police and that any actions must run through local officials — who generally oppose his efforts. There’s no discretion there for the mayor or the D.C. AG to second guess the president. It would be an odd situation for an inferior official to tell the president how to discharge his duties. And yet, that’s exactly what local D.C. officials are trying to do.
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But more to the point, it’s unfortunate that local D.C. officials and others on the Left are denying that there’s even a crime crisis in D.C. After all, denying a problem exists doesn’t make it go away.
Thankfully, President Trump and his administration are taking long-overdue and much-needed actions to transform our nation’s capital from a cautionary tale of the harmful results of progressive policies to a shining example of America’s greatness.
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Zack Smith is a legal fellow in the Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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