From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism
Subject: Re: Illinois governer rebuffs federal intervention to prevent Chicago
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 16:40:04 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-09-02 07:39, NoBody wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 10:53:14 -0400, 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?
>
>
> It's certainly something I wouldn't object to. Now please explain why
> you have no problem with Chicago's massive murder problem, the
> governor doing nothing about it and actively rebelling against an
> offer of help.
Are you familiar with the meaning of "straw man"?