President Trump has the law squarely on his side when it comes to deploying National Guard troops to crime-ridden Chicago. Despite all the crying and complaining from Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, the courts have already ruled that Trump has the legal authority to call up Guard forces. The Insurrection Act of 1792 gives our president sweeping powers to restore order when local officials fail their people.
Chicago has been a war zone for years under failed Democratic leadership. For thirteen straight years, Chicago has had more murders than any other American city in America. Last year alone, Chicago had three times more murders than Los Angeles and five times more than New York City. These are not just numbers – these are real families destroyed by Democrat policies.
Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed some worthless executive order trying to block federal help. He claims he doesn’t want to see tanks in the streets, but what about the blood already flowing in his streets every single day. Johnson and his fellow Democrats have completely lost control of their own city. Now they want to block the help that desperate Chicago families need.
Governor Pritzker is throwing around big words like “un-American” and “Posse Comitatus” to confuse people. But the reality is simple – Trump already deployed thousands of Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this year. The courts sided with Trump then, and they will side with him again. Pritzker knows this, which is why he is panicking.
These Democrat politicians care more about their political games than protecting innocent Americans. They have turned Chicago into a hellhole where good people live in fear every single day. Now when Trump offers real solutions, they cry about federal overreach. Where was their concern about overreach when crime was destroying their communities.
The National Guard successfully helped restore order in Los Angeles when local Democrats failed there too. Federal troops have special training and equipment that local police often lack. Trump is not trying to be a dictator – he is trying to save American lives that Democrat mayors have abandoned.
Chicago families deserve to feel safe walking down their own streets. They deserve leaders who put public safety ahead of partisan politics. Trump is offering real help while Democrats offer only excuses and resistance. The choice could not be more clear.
The law is on Trump’s side because America needs law and order restored. No amount of Democrat whining will change the fact that their soft-on-crime policies have been a complete disaster. It is time for real leadership to step in and protect the American people from this violence.
