Joe Scarborough desires Illinois governor to work with Trump on crime

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough urged Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker , a Democrat, to do one thing "radical" Tuesday — associate with President Donald Trump to deal with violent crime in Chicago.

Over the previous few weeks, Trump has repeatedly recommended sending the National Guard to Chicago after deploying lots of of federal troops to Washington, D.C., to fight crime. Pritzker has pushed again, calling the concept "a harmful energy seize."

Although Scarborough agreed that Trump doubtless lacks the constitutional authority to deploy the Nationwide Guard in Chicago, he argued on "Morning Joe" that Pritzker ought to, on the very least, be open to working with the president.

President Donald Trump (left) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (proper) traded sharp phrases because the president floated deploying Nationwide Guard troops to Chicago and Pritzker vowed to battle the transfer in court docket. (Getty Pictures)

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"I really suppose that JB Pritzker ought to do one thing radical," Scarborough mentioned. "I believe he ought to decide up the telephone, name the president, and say, ‘You recognize, and I do know you don’t have the constitutional authority to deploy the Nationwide Guard right here and to police my [city]. You are able to do that in D.C. You possibly can’t do this in Chicago. However let’s associate up.’"

Scarborough’s feedback got here after studies that a minimum of 58 individuals have been shot and eight killed in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend, regardless of each Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson insisting town didn't want federal help.

The MSNBC host criticized each Democratic leaders for downplaying crime.

"As a result of proper now, simply the ‘Hey, nothing to see right here,’ shifting alongside, no downside right here, ‘Hey Donald Trump, we don’t want you,’ and the mayor speaking about ‘we’re going to guard individuals’s dignity in our metropolis.’ Properly, defend their lives! That’s defending their dignity!" Scarborough mentioned.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough (left) informed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (proper) to associate with President Donald Trump. (Noam Galai/Getty Pictures for International Citizen; Sophie Park/Reuters)

He added, "It might be radical for us to determine a solution to really do what I’ve been saying from the very starting [with] Washington, and that's seeing politicians creating partnerships that defend their individuals."

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Fox News Digital reached out to Pritzker’s workplace for remark.

Johnson signed an government order Friday rejecting Trump’s menace to deploy federal troops or the Nationwide Guard.

"We don't want nor need an unconstitutional and unlawful army occupation of our metropolis," Johnson mentioned, vowing that Chicago would "do every thing in our energy to defend our democracy and defend our communities."

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (heart) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (again proper) vowed to battle again in opposition to President Donald Trump. (Scott Olson/Getty Pictures)

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Days earlier than signing the order, Johnson repeatedly dodged questions from Scarborough about whether or not extra law enforcement officials on the road would cut back crime in Chicago.

Fox Information' Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions could be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.