From: NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.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: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:05:45 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 10:35:33 -0700, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>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.
>
Wrong again.
>>
>> This is why you can't be taken seriously.
>
>Irony.
>
I do not think that you understand the meaning of that word.