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: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 10:35:33 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-09-04 07:25, NoBody wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 16:40:04 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>
>> 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"?
>
> Non-response noted.
I'll take that as a no.
>
> This is why you can't be taken seriously.
Irony.