Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) teased Donald Trump over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as the president declared a dubious “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital.
On Monday, Trump announced he was deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and seizing control of its police force to deal with “out of control” crime.
In reality, and according to the Department of Justice’s own analysis, violent crime in the District of Columbia is the lowest it has been in over 30 years.
The president went on to signal other cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, could be next to be taken over if they failed to “self clean up.”
Trump went hard on Chicago and singled out Pritzker, who is widely seen as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender.
