President Trump on Tuesday responded to a reporter criticizing him for planning to target crime and illegals in cities like Boston and Chicago.
“Why target Chicago and Boston when there are cities with higher crime rates?” the reporter asked.
He pointed to the last two weekends of violence in Chicago, which left at least 15 killed and nearly 100 injured in shootings.
“You think there’s worse than that? I don’t think so,” Trump said.
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Reporter: Why target Chicago and Boston when there are cities with higher crime rates?
Trump: Why? Really, higher than Chicago? Excuse me, do you know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. You know how many people were killed in Chicago the week before? Seven. You know how many people were wounded? 74 people were wounded. You think there’s worse than that? I don’t think so.
Meanwhile, Trump has signaled plans to go after New Orleans, Louisiana, and Baltimore, Maryland, after he practically ended crime in Washington, DC. These are also three cities with some of the highest murder rates.
According to the Hill, the ten cities with the highest murder rates are Jackson, MS; Birmingham, AL; St. Louis, MO; Memphis, TN; Baltimore, MD; Detroit, MI; Cleveland, OH; Louisville, KY; Indianapolis, IN; and Oakland, CA. A common theme is that all of the mayors are Democrats.
Additionally, all but four of these cities, St Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Oakland, are majority black cities, leaving the question of why these Democratic mayors, many of whom are black, are leaving their black population to live in such danger. When the left attacks Trump for “targeting black mayors,” they’re really attacking him for protecting black people.
President Trump should deploy the National Guard to these cities immediately and do what the Democrats refuse to do.
Trump faced other questions on Chicago earlier, with one reporter ridiculously implying he is “threatening to go to war with Chicago.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump smoked the “second-rate” reporter, calling her “fake news” and defending his decision to go into Chicago to stop the killing.
