Pritkzer Hands GOP A Gift With Wildly Tone-Deaf Answer To Question About Chicago's Violent Weekend

Posted • September 2, 2025: The answers from elected so-called Democrat "leaders" in Illinois on the issue of crime usually revolve along the lines of - to paraphrase - "we got this," "Chicago is safe, see? I'm walking around unharmed," and/or "crime is way down," all of which surely is news to Windy City residents. Sometimes the answer is to deflect, which we saw from woke Democrat Chicago "Alderperson" Byron Sigcho-Lopez, who, when confronted on CNN Monday about the extremely violent Labor Day holiday weekend Chicago had, blamed President Trump. "We also have had many, many instances where the administration has really escalated -- exacerbated the violence in our -- in our -- in our country, in our -- in our cities," he declared, while tossing in the "dictator" card for good measure. For Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, the ignoring and deflections have been even more astonishing considering he's rumored to be considering a 2028 presidential run.

We documented, for instance, Pritzker's answer to Trump calling him out over the weekend, as the crimefest in Chicago unfortunately was underway, with Trump referencing the troubling numbers from the previous weekend. "Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME," Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday. Pritzker's response? To completely ignore the substance. Instead, he disgustingly joined in on the false, Lincoln Project-fueled rumormongering about Trump allegedly being unwell or dead, tweeting, "Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)." It was the answer Pritzker gave on Monday to questions about Chicago's violent weekend, however, that was the biggest gift to the GOP. At last check, 37 shootings occurred over the three-day period. 58 people were shot, according to the most recent data, with eight of the shootings being deadly. (…)

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