ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith argued Thursday that Democratic figures opposing President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown of their cities are motivated by ego and concern of dropping energy.
In an interview on Fox Information Channel’s “The Will Cain Present,” Smith informed the host that Democratic leaders, together with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, refuse to work with Trump as a result of it could harm their picture to cooperate with the president.
“If you take these issues under consideration, there’s no denying that there’s egos which can be concerned, there’s those who’s worrying about their energy being usurped, there’s additionally individuals nervous about sustaining energy as a result of, if any approach they arrive throughout as cooperative and keen to work with the president, that they’re going to alienate their celebration,” Smith informed Cain.
Trump has signaled his intention to ship federal troops into Chicago to handle town’s violent crime. In a Fact Social publish shared Tuesday, he wrote, “Not less than 54 individuals have been shot in Chicago over the weekend, 8 individuals have been killed… Pritzker wants assist badly, he simply doesn’t understand it but. I’ll remedy the crime downside quick, identical to I did in DC. Chicago shall be protected once more, & quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Washington, D.C., has seen a lower in reported crime in current weeks after Trump ordered the deployment of the U.S. Nationwide Guard and expanded federal legislation enforcement presence within the metropolis final month.
Trump’s requires comparable federal intervention into Chicago have sparked pushback from Pritzker and Johnson.
The governor has stated there isn’t a crime emergency in Chicago and that Trump is “trying to fabricate a disaster, politicize Individuals who serve in uniform, and proceed abusing his energy to distract from the ache he’s inflicting working households.”
He additionally referred to as Trump’s thought “unconstitutional” and “un-American.”
Johnson wrote on X final month, “What the President is proposing could be essentially the most flagrant violation of our Structure within the twenty first Century. The Metropolis of Chicago doesn’t want a army occupation.”
Smith argued that whereas Democratic leaders are defending their egos, Republicans are additionally responsible of blindly backing Trump’s agenda.
“However they’re not the one ones responsible of that as a result of we’ve seen individuals on the suitable keen to log off on something the president says and does due to the identical causes, so once more, it’s politics throughout the board,” the commentator stated.
Nonetheless, Smith stated crime and demise in Chicago should take precedence over political squabbling.
“However as a Black man chatting with the murders that you simply highlighted and articulated, that’s my major concern and that ought to usurp all considerations over all different issues in terms of what we’re speaking about,” he informed Cain. “Individuals are getting killed within the streets, notably within the streets of Chicago.”
Reps for Pritzker and Johnson didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
