{"id":2585084,"date":"2026-03-29T13:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-dem-blasts-pritzker-over-blaming-trump-for-murder-by-illegal-admits-biden-harris-at-fault\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:15:45","slug":"chicago-dem-blasts-pritzker-over-blaming-trump-for-murder-by-illegal-admits-biden-harris-at-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-dem-blasts-pritzker-over-blaming-trump-for-murder-by-illegal-admits-biden-harris-at-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Dem Blasts Pritzker Over Blaming Trump for Murder by Illegal, Admits Biden-Harris at Fault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fchicago-dem-blasts-pritzker-over-blaming-trump-for-murder-by-illegal-admits-biden-harris-at-fault%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=2585084&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 piece discusses how crime and immigration politics are being used to assign blame after a Chicago shooting near Loyola University. It notes that Governor J.B. Pritzker blamed the Trump governance for the killing, despite the suspect, Jose Medina-Medina, being a Venezuelan national released twice in 2023 under the Biden administration, according to DHS. On Fox News, a commentator named Lopez argued that Biden and Harris are responsible as of poor migrant vetting and the release of criminal migrants, saying the problem began under their administration and blaming Democrats for not holding them accountable. Lopez also criticized Chicago for not cooperating with the Trump administration to pursue high-priority targets, claiming about 2,000 such targets exist in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The article states Medina-Medina allegedly shot a Loyola University student named Gorman, and Pritzker called the tragedy part of broader national failures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-pressure-biden-to-include-funding-for-daca-in-reconciliation-bill\/\" title=\"Democrats pressure ... to include funding for DACA in reconciliation ...\">including immigration reform<\/a>. It also contrasts the claim that border control occurred during Trump\u2019s second term with the assertion that a bipartisan 2024 border bill did not become law,while Democrats argue the bill was needed to fix the border crisis. The piece touches on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-extends-tenure-of-la-prosecutor-who-has-taken-on-newsom\/\" title=\"Trump extends tenure of LA prosecutor who has taken on Newsom\">ongoing partisan disputes<\/a> over immigration enforcement and crime policy, including criticisms of Chicago leaders for rejecting federal help.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pritzker blamed the Trump administration for the killing on Tuesday, despite the suspect, Jose Medina-Medina, being a Venezuelan national released twice under former President Joe Biden in 2023, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>On Fox News&rsquo; &ldquo;America Reports,&rdquo; Lopez said Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; administration bore responsibility for the killing due to poor vetting and the release of criminal migrants into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s absolutely blaming Donald Trump. And, listen, I&rsquo;m not a rabid Trump supporter or hater, but if you&rsquo;re going to blame the federal government, then blame it where this problem began, which was under the Biden-Harris Administration that allowed 15 million people from South America, Central America, and across the oceans to come through our southern border, manipulate asylum, be poorly vetted, and then scattered to the seven winds of the United States,&rdquo; Lopez said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s where this problem started,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I have yet to hear a single Democrat hold Biden and Harris accountable for what has happened because they knew who they were allowing in, they have their information, they vetted them poorly and still let them go even when they were criminals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lopez further denounced Chicago&rsquo;s policy of not collaborating with the Trump administration to pursue &ldquo;high priority targets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are 2,000 priority targets in the city of Chicago right now who we know are dangers, courtesy of the Biden-Harris Administration that vetted them,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But we will not allow the Trump Administration to remove them simply because we don&rsquo;t want to look as though we&rsquo;re capitulating to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Medina-Medina allegedly shot Gorman on Thursday near her campus at Loyola University as she attempted to flee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This has been a terrible tragedy. And I know that the Gorman family has suffered mightily &hellip; there have been real failures. Those failures, of course, extend beyond the borders of Illinois,&rdquo; Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re national failures, a failure to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-revives-catch-and-release-to-avoid-housing-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-surge\/\" title=\"... Admin Revives \u2018Catch-And-Release\u2019 To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge\">comprehensive immigration reform<\/a>, a failure of the president to follow his own edict to go after the worst of the worst.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dereliction-of-duty-senators-cruz-graham-warn-mayorkas-of-impeachment-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"\u2018Dereliction Of Duty\u2019: Senators Cruz, Graham Warn ...kas Of Impeachment Over ...\">southern border occurred<\/a> under Trump&rsquo;s second term despite bipartisan border legislation introduced in early 2024 not becoming law.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, including Biden and Harris, claimed the bill was crucial to solving the border crisis that commenced under their watch, often blaming Trump for its failure to pass Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker also repeatedly attempted to portray Chicago as safe just months before the killing, despite the city experiencing a lengthy and ravenous violent crime crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The governor has in recent months clashed with Trump over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and supported a January lawsuit brought by his state against DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Lopez rebuked Pritzker and Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on &ldquo;NewsNation Prime&rdquo; in September for rejecting Trump&rsquo;s assistance with cracking down on crime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel that the governor and the mayor are refusing to accept the president&rsquo;s help, both in terms of the National Guard as well as with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >additional federal agency support &#038;hellip<\/a>; because they don&rsquo;t want to be viewed as capitulating and working with the president &hellip; for their own political purposes,&rdquo; he said at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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Pritzker blamed the Trump administration for the fatal shooting, even though the suspect, Jose Medina-Medina, is a Venezuelan national who had been released twice in 2023 under the Biden administration, according to DHS.<br \/>\n&#8211; On Fox News\u2019 America Reports, Lopez argued that the Biden-Harris administration bears responsibility for the killing due to lax vetting and releasing criminal migrants into the United States. He said the problem started with Biden-Harris, who he claimed allowed millions from South and Central America and beyond to cross the southern border, game the asylum system, and be released across the country. He challenged Democrats to hold Biden and Harris accountable for what happened, and criticized Chicago\u2019s policy of not working with the Trump administration to pursue high-priority targets.<br \/>\n&#8211; Lopez also alleged that Chicago has 2,000 dangerous \u201cpriority targets\u201d vetted under the Biden-Harris era, and said officials won\u2019t remove them simply to avoid appearing to capitulate to Trump.<br \/>\n&#8211; Medina-Medina allegedly shot Gorman near Loyola University as she tried to flee.<br \/>\n&#8211; Pritzker called the incident a terrible tragedy and said the Gorman family had suffered greatly, arguing that there have been national failures, including a lack of comprehensive immigration reform and the president\u2019s failure to pursue the most dangerous offenders.<br \/>\n&#8211; The article notes that border control occurred during Trump\u2019s second term, even though a bipartisan border bill proposed in early 2024 did not become law; Democrats (including Biden and Harris) claimed the bill was essential to solving the border crisis that began under their watch and often blamed Trump for its failure to pass.<br \/>\n&#8211; Pritzker has also portrayed Chicago as safe despite a long-running crime crisis and has clashed with Trump over ICE, while supporting a January lawsuit against DHS.<br \/>\n&#8211; Lopez criticized Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in September for rejecting Trump\u2019s help on crime, saying they declined presidential assistance and federal support for political reasons.<br \/>\n&#8211; The piece is credited to the Daily Caller News Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2585085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7359.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42516,76766,39655,76767,57087],"class_list":["post-2585084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bidenharris","tag-chicagopolitics","tag-illegalimmigration","tag-pritzkercontroversy","tag-trumpblame"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7359.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585084","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585088,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585084\/revisions\/2585088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}