Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker, allowing his “ego” to govern, is leading a leftist crusade against President Donald Trump’s law-and-order crackdown, with deleterious results, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“For 13 consecutive years, Chicago had more murders than any other American city,” Noem told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “In fact, just last year, in 2024, they had three times the amount of murders than LA did, five times more than New York City.

“So he can talk about what a great job he’s doing as governor, but he’s failing those families who will no longer have their child with them, their mother or their father or their cousin, aunt, and uncle that are gone forever because of the violence that’s happening in Chicago.”

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