Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker held a press conference Tuesday to respond to President Donald Trump’s seemingly imminent invasion of Chicago.

"As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can't live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power,” he said.

Pritzker then continued to highlight how drastically the city’s crime rates have gone down in recent years.

“The president's absurd characterizations do not match what is happening on the ground here. He has no idea what he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops,” he said.

He also criticized Trump’s description of Chicago as a “hellhole,” saying that he is “insulting Chicagoans.”

“When did we become a country where it's okay for the

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