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“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
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“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
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On the recordAugust 25, 2025
There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention.
Said by
J.B. Pritzker
Democratic · Illinois
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Pritzker responds to Trump's threat of deploying National Guard troops to Chicago.

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