From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism
Subject: Re: Illinois governer rebuffs federal intervention to prevent Chicago murders - does nothing instead
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 14:46:51 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Muffler Bearings LLC
On 2025-09-03, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 19:03:47 -0000 (UTC), pothead
><pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2025-09-01, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>> On 2025-09-01 10:05, NoBody wrote:
>>>> Shouldn't the governor take a hint and enforce laws in Chicago?
>>>>
>>>> At least 53 people have been shot, seven fatally, across Chicago over
>>>> Labor Day weekend, including a drive-by attack that left seven victims
>>>> wounded, according to police.
>>>>
>>>> The violent holiday weekend came as President Donald Trump renewed
>>>> threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops to Chicago
>>>> over the objections of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor
>>>> Brandon Johnson.
>>>>
>>>> Trump on Saturday sent a warning to Pritzker in a post on his social
>>>> media platform, referencing recent crime in Chicago and saying
>>>> Pritzker "better straighten it out, FAST, or we're coming!"
>>>>
>>>> Pritzker, a Democrat, responded in a news conference a week ago to an
>>>> earlier Trump threat to "straighten out Chicago, just like we did
>>>> D.C.," by saying that the president's plan was "unprecedented and
>>>> unwarranted. It is illegal, it is unconstitutional, it is
>>>> un-American."
>>>>
>>>> https://abcnews.go.com/US/35-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-rejects-trumps-threat/story?id=125134744
>>>>
>>>> Yeah cause crime and murder is better....
>>>>
>>>
>>> So why isn't Trump sending troops any of the 91 other cities in the US
>>> that have higher rates of violent crime?
>>>
>>> Or the 21 cities that have higher rates of murder and non-negligent
>>> manslaughter?
>>>
>>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate>
>>>
>>> If this is really about making people safer, shouldn't you be sending
>>> people to where they will do the most good?
>>
>>The governor and mayor of Chicago were both all over the airwaves singing
>>from the same hymnal, page 99, "Threat To Democracy" song.
>>They are both disgusting.
>>
>>They have a serious problem in Chicago.
>>Funding illegal migrants when students in the school system can't read or write.
>>Crime running rampant and not just this weekend, but EVERY WEEKEND.
>>
>>And as usual the left is squawking "what about xxx city and yyy city which have higher
>>crime rates" and so forth.
>>
>>Tell that to the families of the people who lost their lives in Chicago over this and
>>seemingly every weekend.
>>
>>Again, it puzzles me why the left isn't concerned about protecting the citizens within
>>their own communities?
>>It makes no sense at all.
>>
>>This is why the democrat party is cratering.
>
> *yawn* Same old right wing, blind claptrap.
Maybe the left should begin listening to the people because
it's undeniable that the democrat party is cratering and doubling down
on the same failed policies is only going to make things worse for them.
Heck, even MSNBC Morning Joe show, ultra left wing, is recommending that
Illinois governor Prtizker work with Trump to save Chicago.
<https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-pritzker-partnership-fight-crime-chicago-gun-violence-rcna228586>
People are tired of liberals ruining things and you can spin every number you
wish but it's voter's perception and personal experience that counts.
--
pothead
"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
Then our choices make us."
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