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Pritzker tells Trump to stay out of Chicago: ‘You are neither wanted |
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here nor needed here’ |
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By David Wright, CNN |
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6:59 PM EDT, Mon August 25, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday railed against President Donald |
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Trump for to Chicago, accusing the administration of “searching for |
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ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our |
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cities and end elections.” |
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“If this were happening in any other country, we would have no |
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trouble calling it what it is, a dangerous power grab,” Pritzker said |
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at a press conference in Chicago, flanked by an array of city leaders |
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including Mayor Brandon Johnson. |
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Pritzker also said that the administration had failed to contact his |
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office or the mayor ahead of the reported deployment, and he slammed |
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the lack of coordination. |
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“If this was really about fighting crime and making the streets safe, |
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what possible justification could the White House have for planning |
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such an exceptional action without any conversations or consultations |
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with the governor, the mayor, or the police?” Pritzker said. |
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The administration’s plans for Chicago, first reported by the , would |
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from the ongoing in Washington, DC, where Trump and in turn the federal |
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government have more leeway in directing troops and a range of federal |
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authorities. |
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Instead, the administration’s future plans, including in Chicago, are |
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expected to look like Trump’s deployment of the National Guard |
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earlier this summer to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests, |
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sources previously told CNN. |
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Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking Secretary of Defense |
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Pete Hegseth with establishing “specialized units” in the National |
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Guard that will be “specifically trained and equipped to deal with |
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public order issues” — the clearest sign yet he intends to expand |
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the US military’s domestic role. |
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Pritzker fired back at criticism that Trump directed his way during the |
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executive order signing earlier Monday, when the president remarked |
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that “I have some slob like Pritzker criticizing us before we even go |
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there.” |
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“Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the |
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assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, |
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can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead? I say, Mr. |
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President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor |
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needed here,” Pritzker said. |
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