President Donald Trump made a claim on Tuesday that should raise red flags for every person in the country. He called out Chicago for its horrifying number of homicides each year. As usual, Democrats rebuked Trump’s comments. They categorized them as unnecessary, hyperbolic, and untrue. They said Trump’s comments were divisive. They did everything possible to demean Trump’s assessment except tell the truth.
Yet, in reality, Trump appears to be right, and the facts prove it.
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From 2018 to 2024, Chicago averaged approximately 654 homicides each year and a total of 4,580 murder victims. To put this into perspective, during Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Iraq War, there were 4,432 service members killed. During Operation Enduring Freedom, the military campaign in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, there were 2,354 service members killed. Suffice it to say, Chicago is more dangerous and unsafe than actual war zones.
Over the last ten years of available data for Chicago (2015 to 2024), there were 6,512 murder victims. This included four years in which there were over 715 homicides (2016, 2020, 2021, and 2022) and one with over 800 homicides (805 in 2021).
Chicago had three mayors during this time: Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, and Brandon Johnson. Each was a Democrat.
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Furthermore, the statistics don’t include any other acts of violent crime during the same time frame, including carjackings, rapes, robberies, shootings, or theft.
“Chicago is the murder capital of the world,” Trump posted on Tuesday (albeit in his trademark all caps).
Well, I can’t say it is of the world — though, given the penchant for the United States having violent crime statistics that are unrivaled around the globe, it might not be that far off — it should unquestionably be considered the murder capital of the U.S.
Look no further than this past Labor Day weekend in Chicago, in which violent criminals continued their reign of terror. There were reportedly 58 people shot in the Windy City over the holiday weekend — eight of whom were killed. There were multiple mass shooting incidents in which teenagers were victims. Johnson and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker largely ignored the crimes instead dedicating their efforts to brainwash the population into thinking that Trump’s deployment of troops is an invasion instead of the rightful protection the city needs, since their elected Democratic leaders continue to fail them.
Yet, Democrats such as Pritzker and Johnson don’t care. Based on their resistance to Trump’s assistance, it’s evident they would rather innocent people die than take extra measures to provide security and ensure safety. The people murdered in the streets of Chicago are clearly acceptable collateral damage as Pritzker and Johnson prioritize politics over protection. Despite the horrific statistics surrounding Chicago’s homicide numbers, they have exhibited a preference for Chicagoans suffering at the hands of violent criminals to receive assistance from the president.
Consider Pritzker’s own words.
“I’m aware that the president of the United States likes to go on television and beg me to call and ask him for troops. I find this extraordinarily strange, as Chicago does not want troops on our streets,” he said. “When did we become a country where it’s OK for the U.S. president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don’t want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?”
Normal? Is having 58 people shot over the weekend normal? There were more people butchered in the streets of Chicago than in a war in the Middle East, and Pritzker has the audacity to mention the word normal? And the only thing that is “extraordinarily strange” is the fact that the governor prefers to let innocent people die than do the honorable thing, the decent thing, the right thing.
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It’s a sad reality. However, it is indicative of how fanatical and unhinged Democrats in the country have become. The country’s third-most populous city, a once beautiful city and one of the nation’s marvels, is now a beacon for violent crime. It’s a harrowing reality that left-wing politicians, pundits, social media “influencers” and others regularly ignore.
The hundreds of innocent people murdered annually in the city are considered acceptable collateral damage so long as Democrats maintain their political influence and power. At some point, the innocent people continuously victimized by failed Democratic policies have to come to their senses. They have to live in a city that’s more dangerous than a war zone. They can be protected and live in a safe area.