CHICAGO - A surge of holiday weekend violence in Chicago has renewed calls — and threats — for National Guard intervention.

What we know:

It was a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago. By Monday morning, at least eight people had been killed and 48 others wounded by gunfire.

That violence prompted a direct warning to Gov. JB Pritzker from President Donald Trump on Truth Social.

"He better straighten it out, fast, or we're coming!" the message read.

The criticism doesn’t stop there.

The idea of deploying troops was floated in 2020 under then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot. At the time, 1,200 Guardsmen for four months was projected to cost about $54 million.

With this year’s Labor Day weekend deadlier than last, the rhetoric is becoming more urgent and more serious.

"Soldiers are tra

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