{"id":40994,"date":"2026-02-01T23:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=40994"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:28:34","slug":"illinois-gov-pritzker-warns-trump-against-coming-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=40994","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Gov. Pritzker Warns Trump Against Coming to Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pritzker\u2019s warning came as reports surfaced that the Pentagon has been quietly preparing for a possible National Guard deployment to Chicago, despite no formal request from city or state officials. Standing alongside Senator Tammy Duckworth and Mayor Brandon Johnson, he argued that federal troops would not be arriving as partners in public safety, but as instruments of political theater. Chicago\u2019s own data shows violent crime down roughly 22% from 2024, undermining Trump\u2019s claim that the city is spiraling out of control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\"><\/div>\n<p>The governor\u2019s message went beyond Illinois. He urged Republican governors to refuse to lend their Guard units to what he framed as an abuse of power aimed at \u201ca blue city in a blue state.\u201d The White House countered that Democrats care more about TV hits than protecting residents. Between the statistics, the speeches, and the threats, one question now hangs over Chicago: is this about crime, or control?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pritzker\u2019s warning came as reports surfaced that the Pentagon has been quietly preparing for a possible National Guard deployment to Chicago, despite no formal request from city&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Gov. 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