Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said that President Donald Trump’s threat to authorize a federal deployment in his state is “authoritarian creep.”
After deploying federal law enforcement to Washington in an effort Trump’s administration said was to fight crime in the District, Trump has repeatedly suggested he would seek ways to start similar deployments in other Democratic-run cities.
“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago, you are neither wanted here nor needed here. Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office that you occupy,” Pritzker said.