Another Bullsh*t Manufactured Crisis to Justify Chicago Invasion
“Lies, lies, yeah, baby, I can’t believe a word you say. Lies, lies, gonna make you sad someday.” Lies, lies
Some day you’re gonna be lonely, But you won’t find me around . . . Pop song from 1966 “Lies,” Knickerbockers
“Trump and Republicans are trying to distract from the pain they’re causing—from tariffs raising the prices of goods to stripping away healthcare and food from millions,” said Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
Dems Accuse Trump of ‘Another Bullsh*t Manufactured Crisis’ to Justify Chicago Invasion, Common Dreams
Leading Democrats this weekend accused US President Donald Trump of ginning up a fake “crisis” in order to justify his proposed military intervention in cities including Chicago, as National Guard troops continued their occupation of Washington, DC against a backdrop of popular protests.
Trump said Friday that Chicago—which is experiencing a double-digit dip in violent crime and a historic drop in homicides—is “probably next” in line for federal intervention after Washington, DC. Around 2,000 National Guard troops are deployed in the nation’s capital and the administration has taken over the Metropolitan Police Department amid threats by the president to oust Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser for pointing out that violent crime has decreased dramatically in the city.
The president also threatened to deploy federal forces under the pretext of combating crime in cities including Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, and San Francisco. Violent crime is trending downward in all of those cities—with some registering historically low levels.
Responding to Trump’s threats, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement Saturday that “there is no emergency that warrants the president of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.”
“Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he is causing working families,” the governor added.
In a Sunday morning interview on CNN, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said that “we should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people as part of his effort to manufacture a crisis and create a distraction because he’s deeply unpopular.”
“I strongly support the statement that was issued by Gov. Pritzker making clear that there’s no basis, no authority, for Donald Trump to potentially try to drop federal troops into the city of Chicago,” Jeffries added.
Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist and former senior adviser to then-Vice President Kamala Harris, asserted on the social media site Bluesky that “there is no emergency that merits whatever Trump is plotting in Chicago with the military. None.” Adding . . .
“It’s another bullshit manufactured crisis from a desperate president who wants to extend his power and score cheap political points.”
Two points the democrats need to emphasize:
The first I will use an analogy. The USA has more people living in poverty than most third world countries. Of course the USA has a much higher population than most third world countries. So the poverty rate is actually lower in the USA. There is more violent crime in the blue cities than rural areas. But the population is much higher in cities so the crime rate is lower than many rural areas.
Second: the republicans in congress have voted to tax blue states and cities more than they receive back in spending. The money is redistributed to red states that receive more in spending than they pay in taxes. If the blue cities and states were not over taxed they could use that money to better fund crime prevention programs.
Democrats need to get much better at messaging.
@Mark,
Good points. Unfortunately, the average American lacks the rudimentary skills to understand the difference between rates and absolute numbers. Sad.
“If the blue cities and states were not over taxed they could use that money to better fund crime prevention programs.” Do you have a plan to withhold federal taxes from blue states that won’t land us blue state taxpayers in jail? I’m all ears.
Trump isn’t fighting on this turf. Telling Democrats (I’m one) to bring a scalpel to a gun fight is doomed.
Nobody here has anything to teach me about reason and logic. The Trump cult has abandoned both. It’s time to fight fire with fire.
I’ll go with Gavin Newsom this time.
Joel, I do have a couple ideas but I don’t know how well they will “fly”. The price of everything sold in blue states gets discounted 15%. Then a 15% gratuity is added back into the price. The employees take a 15% pay cut but get paid the tax free tips. Also, employees take a pay cut but get tax free overtime pay for “work” they do at home. How is that for thinking outside the box?
@Mark,
Good luck with that project.