Friday on MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) said President Donald Trump was using the National Guard to cause chaos, declare an emergency and “take control of the ballot boxes.”
Pritzker said, “It has nothing to do with fighting crime. Honestly sending National Guard in has nothing to do with immigration either. What it has to do with is he’s trying to set the stage for interference in the elections in 2026 and in 2028.”
Host Jen Psaki said, “I know you’ve made that point before, and that made my ears perk up, and it should be alarming to anyone. What does that look like? Because it sounds like you’re saying there’s going to be military in the streets that are going to prevent people from participating in the elections. Is that it or it’s something else?”
Pritzker said, “I