Pritzker's 'blanket statement' doesn't apply to entirety of Chicago: Salena Zito

The Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito condemned Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D-IL) pushback against the federal government’s aim to address crime in Chicago, calling the governor’s resistance “insulting” on Monday.

Pritzker said on Aug. 25 that there is “no emergency” in Chicago requiring “armed military intervention” and suggested President Donald Trump is a “wannabe dictator” for seeking to turn the Windy City into “a war zone.” Trump has hinted that Chicago could receive a sweeping crime crackdown similar to what Washington, D.C., experienced last month.