Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez just lately appeared on NewsNation and blasted Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for refusing to work with Trump and his administration to enhance public security within the metropolis.
Whereas making an express reference to the newest rounds of shootings and murders within the metropolis, Lopez requested what number of victims town is keen to allow.
The issue right here is that Democrat leaders are being held hostage by the celebration’s insane base that desires fixed struggle with Trump, even on issues that make excellent sense to the vast majority of the American folks, like cracking down on violent crime.
The Daily Wire has particulars:
Lopez pressed Johnson and Pritzker to as an alternative work with President Trump and get any assist he may provide with a purpose to make the streets of Chicago safer for the individuals who stay there.
“We must be working to guarantee that we’re in coordination with one another,” Lopez stated. “There’s nothing stopping the mayor of town of Chicago, the governor of the state of Illinois, from choosing up the cellphone and reaching out to the President of the USA and saying, ‘What can we do to be on the identical web page?’”
“We should always all be trying to repeatedly lower the variety of victims in our metropolis and in our state, and as an alternative we’re stepping into this tit-for-tat social media forwards and backwards nonsense, which is just placing the folks of Chicago and the folks of Illinois within the center, within the crosshairs of criminals who’re going to make use of this time to take advantage of and go loopy as we’re persevering with to see this weekend the place we’ve had a number of mass shootings,” he continued.
Watch the video under:
NEW: Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez *TORCHES* Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov J.B. Pritzker for not collaborating with TRUMP to crack down on crime
“What number of victims are we comfy with? As a result of that is in the end the subtext of what the mayor and the governor are saying is… pic.twitter.com/7WzOBG4Akr
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) September 1, 2025
Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker are placing their political ambitions (and their egos) above the protection of the folks of Chicago. It’s sickening to observe it unfolding in actual time as individuals are shot and killed.
