Democrats' hypocrisy and elitism about President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on crime have been hilariously exposed by Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker, who admitted to calling in the National Guard in 2024 in order to keep Chicago safe for the Democratic National Convention.
In a clip from our sister site Townhall.com, Pritzker told members of the press that there was no need for President Trump to federalize local law enforcement to deal with the murder-plagued city, before he explained why the National Guard was used for the DNC.
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WHOOPS: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker just ADMITTED that he sent in the National Guard to secure the DNC in 2024...
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 2, 2025
...But now he refuses to do it to keep his city safe! pic.twitter.com/urn5kaQdji
"All those events required significant coordination between all levels of government," Pritzker said. "Some like the Democratic National Convention last year, even required a limited deployment of the Illinois National Guard for broad security purposes."
"Including, especially, preventing terrorism," he added.
So, for those keeping track, it is fine for Democrats to utilize the federal government to allow them to hold their convention in the city free of crime. Buuutttt it's not fine for President Trump to curb the violent crimes in the city by sending in the National Guard to make the streets safe for the residents of the Windy City.
I can hardly wait to hear how Chicago residents will feel about this when they hear Pritzker's own words. And every single Democrat in Congress should have to answer this question: why was it okay for the DNC but not now?
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As my RedState colleague Sister Toldjah reported, the Illinois Governor has repeatedly denied and deflected that the blue city has a crime problem, despite the fact that it leads the country in homicides for the 13th year in a row.
Toldjah wrote:
We documented, for instance, Pritzker's answer to Trump calling him out over the weekend, as the crimefest in Chicago unfortunately was underway, with Trump referencing the troubling numbers from the previous weekend.
"Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn't need help in preventing CRIME," Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday.
Pritzker's response? To completely ignore the substance. Instead, he disgustingly joined in on the false, Lincoln Project-fueled rumormongering about Trump allegedly being unwell or dead, tweeting, "Why don't you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn't want you here)."
As the report noted, what might be the most tone-deaf response from Pritzker yet was when he was asked about the eight fatal shootings in the city during the Labor Day weekend, and he blamed it on Chicago being a big city, oh, and deflected to Trump.
Reporter: "This past weekend, 54 shot, 7 dead. Would you ask your friends to ride the train after midnight?"
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 2, 2025
JB Pritzker: "Look, big cities have crime. There's no doubt about it. But let's just pay attention to what President Trump is doing." pic.twitter.com/zTRJFkBH7c
Look, big cities have crime. There's no doubt about it. But let's just pay attention to what President Trump is doing, targeting Chicago. He's overlooking red states that have much higher crime rates.
President Trump has made it clear he's done waiting for Democrat-run cities to crack down on their out-of-control crime and admitted the next place he's eyeing for a federal law enforcement surge is not only Chicago, but New Orleans or possibly New York, RedState reported.
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