The president asserted that Black women and Chicago residents are 'screaming' for National Guard deployment to fight crime, claiming many even wear red hats and implore him to come. He cited prior National Guard deployments to Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles and suggested Chicago and New York are next. He characterized Chicago as a 'disaster' and called the city's mayor and governor incompetent, while noting his success with the Black vote. Media coverage aired the remarks and expressed skepticism about the claim that African American women in Chicago are requesting troop presence. City leaders previously opposed similar deployments.
CNN's Victor Blackwell wasn't quite buying President Donald Trump's claim that Black women and Chicago are screaming for the National Guard to fight crime in the city. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump, who deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. this month ostensibly to fight crime, said Chicago and New York are next. For good measure, he added that Black women in Chicago are especially clamoring for the Guard.
Donning a red hat that read, Trump Was Right About Everything, the president claimed Chicagoans are screaming for us to come. They're wearing red hats, just like this one, he alleged. But they're wearing red hats. African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, Please, President Trump, come to Chicago, please.' I did great with the Black vote, as you know. And they want something to happen.
Trump has already deployed the National Guard to the nation's capital and Los Angeles, and in each case, it was against the wishes of city leaders. Earlier this month, the president indicated that Chicago is in line for soldiers at some point. If we need to, we're gonna do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster, Trump said. We have a mayor there who is totally incompetent. He's an incompetent man, and we have an incompetent governor there.
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