Breaking News Video: Gov. Pritzker | This is not about fighting crime | 1:22
Gov. Pritzker: “This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try and intimidate his political rivals…There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention.”
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Breaking News Video: Gov. Pritzker | Dangerous Power Grab | 0:56
Gov. Pritzker: “Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.”
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Breaking News Video: Gov. Pritzker | You are neither wanted here nor needed here | 0:55
Gov. Pritzker: “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump…asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’ Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”
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