Pritzker and Johnson deny the need for National Guard deployment, even as Labor Day weekend violence leaves 35 shot, 5 fatally.

While Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presented a united front last week to reject President Donald Trump’s proposal to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, their message of a city on the mend was brutally undermined by a horrific weekend of gun violence.

At least 35 people were shot, five fatally, across the city, a grim reality that stands in stark contrast to the narrative of declining crime statistics touted by the city’s Democratic leadership.

In a press conference intended to publicly defy the president, Governor Pritzker delivered a scathing address, telling President Trump , “You are neither wanted here nor needed here

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