Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker responded to President Donald Trump's statement regarding plans to send the National Guard to Chicago to curb violence, calling the move an attempt to "manufacture a crisis" and an abuse of power.

"The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority," Pritzker said in a statement Saturday. "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 activity duty military within our own borders."

The statement came one day after President Donald Trump said he plans to send the National Guard to Chicago next as part of his attempts to curb violence in multiple U.S. cities, which began with similar measures taken in Washington D

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