(The Daily Signal)—President Donald Trump said Illinois’ Democrat leaders deserve to be in jail for letting crime run rampant in the city.
“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have vocally opposed Trump’s deployment of 300 Texas National Guard members to clean up crime in the city and protect ICE operations.
Johnson signed an executive order this week creating “ICE Free Zones” to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from city property.
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit Monday to block the National Guard deployment.
For 13 consecutive years, Chicago has had the most murders of any U.S. city. For seven consecutive years, Chicago has had the highest murder rate among U.S. cities with more than one million people.
Trump has said for weeks he wants to use the National Guard to assist in public safety efforts in Chicago. On Sunday, he said Pritzker’s opposition to using the guard in assisting federal agencies enforcing federal law stems from being “afraid for his life.”
“I believe the politicians are under threat because there’s no way somebody can say that things are wonderful in Chicago,” Trump told reporters. “And I think that Pritzker, he’s not a stupid person. I think that Pritzker is afraid for his life.”