Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the National Guard to the state.

“What President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted,” Pritzker said at a news conference. “It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.”

Trump on Monday described Chicago as a “killing field” while signing executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail and banning flag burning.

“Chicago is a disaster,” Trump said. “The governor of Illinois should say, ‘President, will you do us the honor of cleaning up our city. We need help.’”

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Pritzker claimed Trump is manufacturing a crisis and noted that neither he nor Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had been c

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