Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference Monday in Chicago about President Donald Trump potentially sending National Guard troops to the city. AP

Flanked by dozens of Chicago and suburban leaders, Gov. JB Pritzker rebuked President Donald Trump’s threat of deploying National Guard troops to the city, calling it “un-American.”

“It’s exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against,” Pritzker said Monday, adding that crime has decreased significantly in the city.

“It’s unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. No one from the White House … has reached out to me or to the mayor. No effort has been made to coordinate or to ask for our assistance in identifying any actions that might be helpful.”

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