Pope Leo rejects query about Trump troops in his hometown of Chicago

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Pope Leo XIV rebuked a reporter who requested him for touch upon President Donald Trump sending troops to crack down on crime in Chicago.

The primary Nationwide Guard troops despatched to Chicago reportedly arrived on Tuesday at an Military coaching heart outdoors the town.

Illinois and Chicago elected officers have been adamant that they are not looking for the Nationwide Guard patrolling the streets of their metropolis. Gov. Pritzker filed a lawsuit arguing that the deployment of troops to Chicago with out the consent of native leaders is illegitimate and unconstitutional.

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Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago.

Pope Leo, who was born and raised in Chicago, was approached by a reporter on Tuesday about Trump sending the Nationwide Guard to the town.

"President Trump has despatched 400 Nationwide Guard troops to your metropolis, Chicago against-," the reporter mentioned earlier than Pope Leo interjected .

"Sure. I desire to not remark presently about selections made, political selections inside the USA," he mentioned.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker criticized President Donald Trump’s choice to deploy 400 Texas Nationwide Guard troops to Illinois and Oregon. (Getty Pictures)

The chief of the Roman Catholic Church just lately confronted backlash for his candid feedback juxtaposing the pro-life trigger with different political debates in the USA.

Final week, he responded to a question from EWTN Information by claiming, "Somebody who says ‘I’m in opposition to abortion’ however says ‘I’m in favor of the loss of life penalty’ is just not actually pro-life. Somebody who says ‘I’m in opposition to abortion, however I’m in settlement with the inhuman therapy of immigrants in the USA,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life."

Trump’s mannequin of deploying the nationwide guard to crackdown on crime was touted as successful by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, who had initially expressed concern.