One of Chicago’s most prominent South Side Democrats thinks the anti-ICE radicals are only showing why federal troops are needed in the Windy City.

He also blames local liberal leaders for goading agitators into the violence seen over the weekend.

Raymond Lopez — alderman for Chicago’s 15th Ward — fears rhetoric from leaders like Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing the city and the country to a dangerous place that there may be no coming back from. 4

“The politics of this city and of hyper progressive liberalism is bringing us closer to the brink with an escalation that I don’t think any of us truly wants to see,” Lopez told The Post.

“The governor, the mayor, with a wink and a nod, told everyone to protest peacefully. And we’ve seen the exact opposite

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