Illinois Officials Slam Trump’s National Guard Threat for Chicago
Illinois Officials Slam Trump’s National Guard Threat for Chicago Chicago and Illinois leaders are vehemently opposing a recent suggestion by former President Trump to deploy National Guard troops to the city to combat crime. The proposal, made late last week, has ignited a political firestorm, with Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker leading the charge against federal intervention. Mayor Johnson, a Democrat, issued a statement on Friday calling Trump’s approach “uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound,” warning that an “unlawfully…