Chicago Democrat Admits ‘Probably Half’ of Colleagues Want National Guard Deployed to City
by Nick R. Hamilton
Raymond Lopez, the Democrat alderman for Chicago’s 15th Ward on its crime-plagued south side, has admitted that a surprisingly large number of the city’s officials want federal assistance in cracking down on crime.
Lopez told the New York Post on Sunday that “probably half” of his colleagues want the National Guard to help bring order back to Chicago and reduce crime.
However, he revealed that most of the city’s Democrats are too afraid to express support for the plan publicly..
“This is a very real war that we are fighting here, and we need every toolbox to win it,” Lopez said.
He said he didn’t mind that President Donald Trump, a Republican, would be the one to help the city.
“If that means working with a Republican president to keep Chicagoans safe, then that is what we should be doing,” he added.
“We shouldn’t be playing politics with people’s lives.”
Lopez’s ward has seen horrific crimes over his 10-year tenure and wants to see it end.
“We have human traffickers connected with Tren de Aragua here selling women for $150 on Facebook Marketplace,” Lopez described.
“I had high school students gunned down by a Venezuelan migrant on their way home from school a couple of weeks ago.
“We now even have gang versus gang warfare that’s taken an international turn because of some of the migrants that are here,” he added.
If Trump decides to federalize Chicago in a similar way to his takeover of D.C., crime could drop dramatically.