{"id":2485504,"date":"2025-09-11T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-urges-trump-to-help-save-chicago-before-its-too-late\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:08:24","slug":"group-urges-trump-to-help-save-chicago-before-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-urges-trump-to-help-save-chicago-before-its-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Group urges Trump to help save Chicago &#8216;before it\u2019s too late&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fgroup-urges-trump-to-help-save-chicago-before-its-too-late%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=2485504&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 article reports that a group of Chicago residents, led by Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-curriculum-is-bludgeoning-black-history-month\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Curriculum Is Bludgeoning Black History Month\">local activists<\/a>, are urging former President Donald Trump to intervene in addressing the escalating crime and corruption in Chicago. thay criticize Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson for downplaying the city&#8217;s safety issues and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >refusing federal assistance<\/a> such as the National Guard or Immigration and customs Enforcement. Republican congressional candidate lupe Castillo highlighted the hazardous conditions in neighborhoods like La Villita, emphasizing the lack of public safety. Activists argue that silence on these issues has allowed violence and corruption to grow and claim that current city and state leaders do not truly represent the people. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socal-gop-group-calls-for-gov-newsom-to-resign\/\" title=\"SoCal GOP ... calls for Gov. Newsom to resign\">group calls<\/a> on Trump for leadership and immediate action to help save Chicago before the situation worsens. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Group urges Trump to help save Chicago &lsquo;before it&rsquo;s too late&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2227414\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; A group of Chicagoans are asking President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> to help to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime-in-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crime<\/a> and corruption in the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago<\/a> Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh spoke at a downtown news conference Thursday and said the city needs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-level-republicans-push-back-on-big-tech\/\" title=\"State-Level Republicans Push Back on Big Tech\">federal intervention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3804480\/naval-academy-law-enforcement-respond-threats\/\">Naval Academy on lockdown after &#8216;reports of threats&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3804310\/appeals-court-lifts-block-of-planned-parenthood-defunding-in-one-big-beautiful-bill-act\/\">Appeals court lifts block of Planned Parenthood defunding in One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3803800\/megyn-kelly-laments-the-loss-of-someone-sent-by-god-in-charlie-kirk\/\">Megyn Kelly laments the loss of &#8216;someone sent by God&#8217; in Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump, I am pleading. Come to Chicago. Come to Illinois. Help us save our city before it&rsquo;s too late,&rdquo; Leigh said.<\/p>\n<p>Lupe Castillo, a Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois&rsquo; Fourth District, said Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson are cowards for saying Chicago is one of the safest cities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I dare one of them to walk down by my neighborhood, La Villita, at 10 o&rsquo;clock at night without any bodyguards, because that&rsquo;s all they have. They don&rsquo;t go anywhere without their bodyguards,&rdquo; Castillo told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo said public safety in Chicago is nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Flips Red vice president Danielle Carter-Walters said the Democratic Party machine tolerates and encourages violence, from campus rallies to city streets. She said silence has gotten residents nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Silence is what has allowed crime to explode, corruption to spread and our communities to suffer. We will not be silenced any more,&rdquo; Carter-Walters said.<\/p>\n<p>Carter-Walters said people are tired of Pritzker and Johnson claiming they speak for the citizens of Chicago and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be clear. They do not represent us. The people deserve their own voice, and that is exactly what we are here to give them today,&rdquo; Carter-Walters said.<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker and Johnson have said they don&rsquo;t want the National Guard or Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help fight crime in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Carter-Walters called on Trump to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3800245\/bondi-federal-troops-city-wants-us-there-rather-than-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BONDI SAYS FEDERAL TROOPS WILL GO TO &lsquo;A CITY WHO WANTS US THERE&rsquo; RATHER THAN CHICAGO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are asking for your leadership and your actions, because the people of Chicago cannot wait any longer,&rdquo; Carter-Walters said.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the fatal shooting of Illinois native and conservative leader Charlie Kirk in Utah, Carter-Walters said she and her colleagues refuse to let evil win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group urges Trump to intervene in Chicago crime crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2485505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25240020318824-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4387,50403,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2485504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chicago","tag-crime-2","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25240020318824-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485504","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\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485508,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485504\/revisions\/2485508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}