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Last week, the president stated that his “most likely next targets” for sending troops into cities to “fight crime” were Chicago and New York. In response, on Monday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave a blistering speech at a press conference in Chicago condemning the action. His words were so eloquent and so righton- the-mark that I wanted to share some highlights. Everything below, except the closing paragraph, is a direct quote from his speech.
Pritzker said: “I want to speak plainly about the moment that we are in and the actual crisis, not the manufactured one, that we are facing in this city, and as a state, and as a country. If it sounds to you like I am alarmist, that is because I am ringing an alarm, one that I hope every person listening will heed, both here in Illinois and across the country.
