"If the position you end up taking is that there is no serious crime emergency in Chicago, on a rhetorical level not on a legal level, on a rhetorical level or you make the case that Actually, crime in Chicago just isn't that big of a deal,' which seems to be the mistake that many Democratic politicians are making right now, Trump is going to win that battle all day long, Shapiro said."
"Americans do want Trump to be tough on crime but not necessarily deploy the National Guard to do so. I also want to focus on the reality. Like, the actual things that are happening. And even to that point, I mean, voters are not I think we treat voters as stupider than they are. You ask them in polls and they say, We think crime is a problem. We don't like the way Trump is handling it in the way that he is sending the National Guard,' Phillip said. They want Trump to do more about crime. They don't necessarily want him to send troops to cities."
"The Daily Wire co-founder added that 574 people were murdered in Chicago in 2024 local news station ABC 7 in Chicago reported it was 573 homicides. Trump on Tuesday said he would be going in to fix crime in The Windy City in the near future, despite a recent court injunction barring him from using troops for domestic policing. Last week, Trump surged to his best approval rating ever in AP's national poll, landing at 45%."
The rhetorical position that crime in Chicago is not a serious emergency weakens Democratic arguments and benefits proponents of tougher crime measures. Chicago recorded roughly 573–574 homicides in 2024. Many voters express desire for stronger action on crime while opposing deployment of the National Guard or U.S. military for domestic policing. A recent AP national poll showed a 45% approval rating for Donald Trump, with 55% of respondents finding military or National Guard assistance to local police acceptable. A court injunction currently bars use of troops for domestic policing even as plans remain to address crime in Chicago.
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