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Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritkzer's speech at news conference on reported Trump military plan for Chicago (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by memfree@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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If Donald Trump was actually serious about fighting crime in cities like Chicago, he, along with his congressional Republicans, would not be cutting over $800 million in public safety and crime prevention grants nationally, including cutting $158 million in funding to Illinois for violence prevention programs that deploy trained outreach workers to deescalate conflict on our streets. Cutting $71 million in law enforcement grants to Illinois, direct money for police departments through programs like Project Safe Neighborhoods, the state and local Antiterrorism Training Program, and the Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative, cutting $137 million in child protection measures in Illinois that protect our kids against abuse and neglect.

Trump is defunding the police.

Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, "Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?" Instead, I say, "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago."

You are neither wanted here nor needed here. Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office that you occupy.

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There are some serious Obama vibes here.

Also, for those unwilling to unblock all the scripts on cbsnews.com, here's the speech on YouTube.

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I browse with NoScript turned on, so I didn't notice the site was script-y.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

There are definitely far worse sites out there -- I've seen in excess of 30 on some news sites -- but the game of "which of these will actually get me through" on NoScript isn't particularly fun. And I'm not exactly a fan of CBS News currently. Nor the parent org, but that's outside the scope of this concern.

[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Country blocked (Scandinavia) 😞

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

Media companies are doing some insane shit on account of copyright these days.