JB Pritzker Unloads on Trump and ‘His Complicit Lackey Stephen Miller’ Over Guard Deployment
Michael Luciano Aug 25th, 2025, 6:58 pm
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) had some choice words for President Donald Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller .
Speaking in Chicago on Monday, Pritzker, who is considered a potential 2028 candidate for the Democratic presidential nominee, railed against Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in U.S. cities. The president has called up the Guard ostensibly to fight crime in Washington, D.C., two months after pulling a similar move in Los Angeles. In both cases, Trump did so without the approval of local leaders in charge.
The president indicated that he may also deploy the National Guard to Chicago.
“This weekend, we