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President Donald Trump is intensifying his feud with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker after one other bloody weekend in Chicago, blasting the Democrat for rejecting federal assist as six folks had been killed and greater than two dozen shot.
In a fiery Reality Social put up Saturday, Trump known as Pritzker “incompetent” and warned the governor to “straighten it out, quick, or we’re coming.”
The broadside comes simply weeks after Trump signed sweeping govt actions to revive legislation and order in Washington, D.C., federalizing the Metropolitan Police and mobilizing the Nationwide Guard within the nation’s capital.
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Now, Trump is warning Chicago could possibly be subsequent and stating that even Pritzker’s latest weight reduction appears like a telltale signal of a potential 2028 presidential run.
Trump additionally mocked Pritzker personally earlier within the week, saying he “must spend extra time within the health club, truly.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s slimmed-down look could also be a quiet sign that the Democrat is contemplating a 2028 presidential run, in accordance with political insiders. (Getty Photographs)
“Six folks had been killed, and 24 folks had been shot, in Chicago final weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, simply mentioned that he doesn’t want assist in stopping CRIME,” the president wrote on Reality Social. “He’s CRAZY!!! He higher straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming!”
Pritzker is pushing again onerous, calling Trump’s strategy “unconstitutional” and “a harmful energy seize.” He additionally mocked Trump’s private assaults on his physique, quipping that “it takes one to know one on the burden query.”
Republican strategist Mark McKinnon instructed Politico Pritzker’s slimmer look “appears like he’s preparing for a combat,” whereas advisor David Kochel famous weight reduction is more and more a part of a political makeover: “If you wish to look youthful and more healthy, it makes whole sense.”
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, heart, speaks whereas flanked by Mayor Brandon Johnson, proper. (Scott Olson/Getty Photographs)
Figures like Chris Christie and Mike Pompeo have additionally shed kilos earlier than mounting nationwide campaigns.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a sweeping govt order Friday rejecting Trump’s menace to deploy federal troops or the Nationwide Guard.
“We don’t want nor need an unconstitutional and unlawful army occupation of our metropolis,” Johnson mentioned, vowing that Chicago would “do all the pieces in our energy to defend our democracy and shield our communities.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delivers remarks in Chicago alongside Mayor Brandon Johnson and different officers after stories the White Home is making ready to deploy Nationwide Guard troops to the town. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP through Getty Photographs)
The feud advantages each males politically.
Trump seizes on Chicago as a logo of Democratic failure and bolsters his law-and-order model with govt muscle, whereas Pritzker will get to painting himself as standing as much as a president he calls a bully.
Behind the 2 males’s political theater, Chicago has led the nation in whole homicides for 13 straight years, in accordance with the White Home.
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Pritzker’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information’ Hanna Panreck and Landon Mion contributed to this report.
