The battle for Chicago

"America the beautiful has a black eye. It is called crime. Unfettered crime. And the biggest crime of this crime, is that we let it go on and on and on. Trump won't let it go on, but he is facing strong headwinds. Why? Search me. Normal folks don't understand this. Not a bit. This is a national disgrace."    

It is hard to believe what is going on in Chicago these days. It is really hard to believe what is going on this weekend. People are protesting in the street. "F" Trump, "F" ICE, "F" the troops, "F" everything. What are they protesting? Law and order. Wait - what? Why in the world, would any city on Earth, where just last weekend there were more shootings and killings in most cities in the world, be against more law enforcement? Why Governor Pritsker? Why Mayor Johnson? Are you supporting criminals and illegal aliens over law enforcement? Huh? 

In the past five years, there have been over 3,000 people killed in Chicago. That is more than the total of KIA in the Afghanistan War. That was more than were killed in the Iraq War. In the eyes of the President of these United States, that is unacceptable. It may be business as usual for the Illinois Governor, or the Mayor of Chicago, but not for President Trump. As usual, Trump's feeling is either you fix it, or he will. 

But hold on. As bad as Chicago is, New Orleans is also bad. It needs some additional boots on the ground to enforce the law. Because the Governor of Louisiana is friendly to Trump, and would welcome some help, Trump might send the National Guard to New Orleans first. But Chicago remains bright on Trump's radar. So does New York. Even though in New York, Trump will be met by a recalcitrant Governor and Mayor of NYC, that city also needs to be brought under law-and-order control.

By the way, not to let the hometown of Minneapolis off the hook, we also have a screwed-up Governor and an idiot Mayor of Minneapolis. They too, will fight Trump tooth and nail to keep our crime rate high. Heck, we still have scars in town from the Floyd riots. We still have feral youth carjacking at gunpoint. We just had a tranny with mental health issues shoot up a Catholic school. The mayor's solution to crime? Confiscate guns from law abiding citizens, by going door to door. That will teach them Jacob! Fine job! 

Back to Chicago for a minute. Many think that since most of the killing is black on black or brown on brown, it is easy to ignore. That is blatantly racist. Yet, there is no other explanation on why it is allowed by city and state leaders. Think about that for a minute - as of June of last year, 95% of all murders were either black or brown people. And most murders of those people were committed by black or brown people. Is that acceptable to leadership? It sure is not to most of us. It definitely is not acceptable to Donald Trump. This needs to stop now, with or without the help of the governor or mayor.

America the beautiful has a black eye. It is called crime. Unfettered crime. And the biggest crime of this crime, is that we let it go on and on and on. Trump won't let it go on, but he is facing strong headwinds. Why? Search me. Normal folks don't understand this. Not a bit. This is a national disgrace.