{"id":2481455,"date":"2025-09-02T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-refusing-trumps-help-prove-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:36:17","slug":"dems-refusing-trumps-help-prove-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-refusing-trumps-help-prove-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Refusing Trump&#8217;s Help Prove City Lawlessness Is A Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-refusing-trumps-help-prove-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2481455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the recent surge in gun violence in Chicago, highlighting that more than 50 people were shot over a recent weekend, with eight fatalities.Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson responded not by addressing the violence directly but by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-crews-work-to-prevent-calif-caldor-fire-from-reaching-lake-tahoe\/\" title=\"Fire crews work to prevent Calif. Caldor Fire from reaching Lake Tahoe\">warning residents<\/a> to prepare to &#8220;defend this land&#8221; against potential deployment of the National Guard,which President Donald Trump has suggested could help curb crime in the city,similar to his intervention in Washington,D.C. Chicago has experienced a meaningful increase in violent crime this year, with murder and shooting rates surpassing even those in larger cities like New York and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents express mixed feelings; some desire relief but worry that the National Guard could exacerbate problems, while others welcome increased security. Evidence from D.C.shows a notable decrease in violent crime following the Guard&#8217;s deployment, with even D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledging the improvement. however, Mayor Johnson and Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker oppose the National Guard&#8217;s involvement, labeling it needless. The article suggests their opposition is politically motivated, fearing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >accomplished crackdown woudl expose<\/a> the consequences of Democratic leadership&#8217;s reluctance to enforce law and order. Ultimately, the piece argues that crime in Chicago is a product of political choices rather than inevitability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1962856313349685604\">  Johnny Maga\/ X <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/02\/democrats-refusing-trumps-help-prove-blue-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Democrats%20Refusing%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Help%20Prove%20Blue%20City%20Lawlessness%20Is%20A%20Choice&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/02\/democrats-refusing-trumps-help-prove-blue-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Democrats%20Refusing%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Help%20Prove%20Blue%20City%20Lawlessness%20Is%20A%20Choice&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/02\/democrats-refusing-trumps-help-prove-blue-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/02\/democrats-refusing-trumps-help-prove-blue-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Democrats%20Refusing%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Help%20Prove%20Blue%20City%20Lawlessness%20Is%20A%20Choice&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/02\/democrats-refusing-trumps-help-prove-blue-city-lawlessness-is-a-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>More than 50 people were shot in Chicago this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesus-takes-center-stage-during-college-footballs-2025-return\/\" title=\"Jesus Takes Center Stage During College Football&#039;s 2025 Return\">past weekend &#038;mdash<\/a>; 8 of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2025\/09\/02\/eight-people-killed-gunfire-over-labor-day-weekend-chicago-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were killed<\/a>. Instead of addressing the bloodshed, Democrat Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/devorydarkins\/status\/1962559727541571930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brandon Johnson<\/a> spent his time telling residents to be <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1962856313349685604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ready<\/a> to &ldquo;defend this land&rdquo; from the National Guard, anticipating President Donald Trump may deploy the National Guard to crack down on rampant crime in the Windy City.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115134530741891730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump suggested he would &ldquo;solve the crime problem fast&rdquo; in Chicago, just as he&rsquo;s done in D.C. Chicago is in dire need of intervention: 274 murders this year alone, and more than 1,200 people have been shot, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/02\/us\/crime-chicago-national-guard-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>. That&rsquo;s &ldquo;more than those reported&rdquo; in New York City and Los Angeles which both have larger populations, according to the report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-475527174\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Residents themselves know change is needed. Cedric Hawkins told CNN that he wants Trump &ldquo;to send the right resources&rdquo; &mdash; but fears the National Guard could cause <em>more<\/em> crime. Rochelle Sykes told CNN her &ldquo;grandkids can&rsquo;t sit outside. They can&rsquo;t sit in the living room or at the kitchen table, because a bullet may come through.&rdquo; Sykes, like Hawkins, also doesn&rsquo;t want the National Guard &mdash; but wants relief.<\/p>\n<p>Ameenah Haque, however, <em>would<\/em> like to see the National Guard in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The residents deserve more,&rdquo; Haque told CNN. &ldquo;The crime shouldn&rsquo;t take over the city. The crime should not make residents feel like they can&rsquo;t live everyday life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Evidence from D.C. suggests residents <em>would<\/em> get more. Since the Guard&rsquo;s deployment in the nation&rsquo;s capital, there has been an approximate 50 percent decrease in violent crime, while carjackings in particular have decreased 82 percent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-administration-continues-touting-success-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-2122389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Newsweek. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/bowser-trump-police-takeover-lower-dc-crime-national-guard-ice-rcna227582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-across-multiple-states-push-for-mental-health-accommodations\/\" title=\"Students across multiple states push for mental health accommodations\">gave credit<\/a><\/a> to Trump, noting that there has been a noticeable decrease in crime in the city following Trump&rsquo;s involvement.<\/p>\n<p>But Johnson and Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker aren&rsquo;t <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/54-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-rejects-trumps-threat\/story?id=125134744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interested<\/a>. Johnson called the deployment &ldquo;unsound&rdquo; and &ldquo;uncalled for&rdquo; while Pritzker called the move &ldquo;unwarranted&rdquo; and &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But their objection isn&rsquo;t about safety &mdash; it&rsquo;s about politics. Safe streets and secure neighborhoods are universally popular. But what Democrats can&rsquo;t allow is for Trump to prove that law and order actually works. <\/p>\n<p>If the National Guard is deployed to Chicago, and crime falls as it has in D.C., it proves that shootings, murders, carjackings and other violent crime in Chicago was merely a choice &mdash; a result of weak and spineless Democrats in power who refused to restore law and order to save their own constituents. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats aren&rsquo;t afraid of the National Guard, they are afraid of what the Guard&rsquo;s success would reveal.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/brandon-johnson\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Brandon Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/crime\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jb-pritzker\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">JB Pritzker<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/muriel-bowser\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Muriel Bowser<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">National Guard<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/washington-d-c\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Washington D.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 50 shot in Chicago; Mayor Johnson avoids issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2481456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brandon-johnson-scaled-e1756827773152.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[62435,3933,62436,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2481455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-city-lawlessness","tag-dems","tag-government-choices","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brandon-johnson-scaled-e1756827773152.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2481459,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481455\/revisions\/2481459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2481456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}