President Donald Trump called for the “federal government” to be deployed in Chicago, Illinois, after a weekend of violence in the city in which 25 people were shot.
Four people were killed and 21 others were wounded, according to reports. A 14-year-old boy and a 68-year-old senior citizen were among the shooting victims in the nation’s second-largest city.
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Trump condemned the violence while calling for bringing in the federal government to the Windy City and rebuked Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) over the shootings.