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PRITZKER: “You know, he wakes up in the morning and whatever whim strikes him is what he apparently says. And recently, I guess I have been living rent-free in his head. Chicago apparently is living rent-free in his head, even though, on other days he’ll talk about Baltimore, he’ll talk about New York. Notice he never talks about where the most violent crime is occurring, which is in red states. Illinois is not even in the bottom half of states in terms of violent crime. But do you hear him talking about Florida, where he is now from? No, you don’t hear him talking about that, or Texas. Their violent crime rates are much worse in other places. And we’re very proud of the work that we’ve done. And we want more help. You know what kind of help we want? Civilian law enforcement help. We would like ATF agents to help us take more guns off the streets. We would like FBI, again, to coordinate with our local law enforcement to help catch perpetrators of crimes. If they would do that, we would welcome that. But that’s not what they’re planning to do.”
