WATCH: Pritzker, other Illinois officials address Trump’s threat to send National Guard to Chicago

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in a Chicago water taxi Monday, August. 25, 2025, in Chicago.
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CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker along with other officials from Illinois including state Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin publicly reject President Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago as a means of combatting crime. 

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