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 17:50:45 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-09-04 17:28, pothead wrote:
> On 2025-09-04, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 14:46:51 -0000 (UTC), pothead
>> <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> It's very simple math: if Chicago would enforce existing law, there
>> would be no need for federal intervention.
>>
>> Why do they refuse to protect their own citizens?
>
> IMHO for the same reason they did nothing about open borders.
> They want to trash the country and rebuild it in a socialist manner.
>
> There is no other explanation for either.
>
I love this fantasy world you've constructed.