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| Trump vs. Pritzker: A political feud that could trigger a major national crisis |
| 2025-08-26 |
| [CNN] President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are each the type of foe the other loves to hate. On one level, their escalating showdown over the president’s threat to send the National Guard onto the streets of Chicago is a convenient political feud. Trump thrives when he has an enemy to target. His political appeal is based on the premise that he is stronger than anyone who tries to challenge or restrain him. Pritzker is a potential Democratic presidential hopeful. His party is pining for someone to show defiance to Trump. And since one of his possible rivals for the 2028 Democratic nomination, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is leading the fight back, it’s good politics to show he’s just as tough. But this clash runs deeper than a short-term political spat. It might develop into a full-blown crisis between a Republican White House and a major Democratic-run city and state. Likely legal challenges could turn on core values of republicanism in a dispute between a president with a monarchical sense of power and a state that rejects federal duress. When Pritzker on Monday told Trump, "Do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here," he was echoing tensions fundamental to the American system of governance that were stirred at notable moments of US history — for instance, in the run-up to the Civil War and around federal enforcement of civil rights laws. Related: JB Pritzker 08/23/2025 Trump administration pushes to remove noncitizen Medicaid enrollees JB Pritzker 08/06/2025 Colbert confronts JB Pritzker with map showing Illinois gerrymandering JB Pritzker 08/05/2025 Here We Go: Texas Dems Run to Illinois to Deny a Quorum for Redistricting, and Now the Real Fun Begins — RedState |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Declare Illinois a failed state and revert it back to territory status. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-08-26 13:59 |
| #7 How many Black and Hispanic voters will the Chicago Democrats throw away Maybe none, since the Party controls the polling and counting. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2025-08-26 11:57 |
| #6 Couldn't be any worse than Trump vs Newsom. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-08-26 11:43 |
| #5 Local crime is another 20/80 issue the Democrats are here choosing the losing side of. How many Black and Hispanic voters will the Chicago Democrats throw away as a result, perhaps not so much in 2026, but definitely by the 2028 presidential election? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-08-26 09:50 |
| #4 Parents blast blue state governor for extending student financial aid to illegal immigrants |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-26 09:42 |
| #3 Pritzker is only a threat to Trump in fairy tales. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2025-08-26 09:18 |
| #2 Year To Date Shot & Killed: 232 Shot & Wounded: 1064 Total Shot: 1296 Total Homicides: 278 Chicago Crime 2025 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-26 09:09 |
| #1 Trump has long demonized Chicago — he mentioned the city’s murder rate in his 2016 Republican National Convention speech Typical CNN blathering. Chicago "demonizes" it's foking self. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-08-26 09:00 |