Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) told reporters Tuesday that he was insulted by President Trump's suggestion this week that the governor should call him and ask for help in combating crime in Chicago.

"It's an insult to any and every citizen to suggest that any governor should have to beg the president of any political party for resources owed their people," Pritzker said during a news conference. "When did we become a country where it's okay for the U.S. president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want?"

"Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation, that we treat this as normal?" he added.

Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that he would "gain respect" for Pritzker if the Democratic go

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