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Former Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is absolutely right to call out Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. These Democrat politicians are more interested in fighting President Trump than fighting crime in their own city. They would rather play politics than protect the people who elected them.
The numbers don’t lie about Chicago’s crime crisis. In the first half of 2025, burglary rates jumped 50% compared to the same time last year. Chicago has led the nation in murders for 13 straight years. The city’s murder rate is three times higher than Los Angeles and five times higher than New York.
When federal authorities offer help to clean up this mess, what do Pritzker and Johnson do? They say no thanks and complain about federal intervention. These leaders seem more upset about getting help than they are about criminals running wild in their streets.
The crime wave keeps getting worse under their watch. Chicago recovers more illegal guns than New York and Los Angeles combined. Car thefts have more than doubled since 2021. Police only make arrests in about 16% of all reported crimes.
This is what happens when soft-on-crime Democrats run a major city. They defund police, coddle criminals, and ignore the safety of law-abiding citizens. Working families suffer while politicians play games with public safety.
President Trump has shown real results in fighting crime at the federal level. Violent crime has dropped dramatically in areas where his administration has focused resources. Meanwhile, Democrat-run cities like Chicago continue to spiral out of control.
Real people are paying the price for this failed leadership. Families can’t feel safe in their own neighborhoods. Business owners watch criminals steal from them with little fear of consequences. Children dodge bullets on their way to school.
Chicago deserves better than politicians who care more about their image than citizen safety. It’s time for new leadership that will work with federal authorities instead of against them. The people of Chicago have suffered enough under these failed Democrat policies.
