‘Unconstitutional’: Pritzker slams Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the National Guard to the state.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the National Guard to the state.

“What President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted,” Pritzker said at a news conference. “It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.”

Pritzker claimed Trump is manufacturing a crisis and noted that neither he nor Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had been contacted by the White House about working together.

Pritzker pointed out that murders, shootings, robberies and burglaries are all down year over year.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
    124·
    30 days ago

    Thanks for giving me the opportunity to post this again. Also, they might be doing their thing on their end, you don’t know.

    Do not split and no cracks. You don’t have to agree with how they are fighting the system, but keep your thoughts private and instead, explain how your system is awesome.

    But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.

    And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.

    If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.

    https://sh.itjust.works/post/42969194

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipBanned from communityEnglish
      54·
      30 days ago

      You don’t have to agree with how they are fighting the system

      So… when you are getting pushed into the gas chamber are you still going to be praising our men and women in the armed forces?

      Fuck that. If they want to be the arm of the enemy then they are the fucking enemy. Oh, the are secretly resisting and feel really really bad while they are caving someone’s skull in or calling ice in on a brown person? Well, that changes everything!

      The day that Captain Soapy Pierceson suddenly leads his revolt and fights off all the bad soldiers to protect civilians? I will praise the fuck out of that man. But I am going to shit on him and all of his thug buddies until that happens. And I am going to side eye anyone who feels otherwise.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
        53·
        30 days ago

        So… when you are getting pushed into the gas chamber are you still going to be praising our men and women in the armed forces?

        Fuck that. If they want to be the arm of the enemy then they are the fucking enemy. Oh, the are secretly resisting and feel really really bad while they are caving someone’s skull in or calling ice in on a brown person? Well, that changes everything!

        Question 1: What US state are you in?

        Question 2: What do you suggest we do instead of just complaining about the national guard?

        Mod note (not as a user like previous stuff): Settle down. You’re getting into aggressive territory.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      21·
      30 days ago

      You keep using those words, but they don’t mean what you think they mean. “how they are fighting the system” is the keyword here. These people aren’t fighting the system; they are literally the system.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
        41·
        30 days ago

        It wasn’t Tienanmen Square though and the resisters weren’t turning on each other. We’re trying to avoid the Divide and Conquer way of warfare, which seems to be prevalent in this thread.