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.

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    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.

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      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.