Pritzker willing to send National Guard to Chicago, if asked
By PETER HANCOCK
Capitol News Illinois
Updated
6/6/2022 5:28 PM
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker indicated Monday he would be willing to deploy the National Guard to help deal with a violent crime spree in Chicago, but only if he's asked to do so.
"Well, I think you know that I have called up the National Guard whenever local mayors that I've spoken to have wanted that done, have needed that done in their local communities," Pritzker said at a Monday morning news conference. "And I'll continue to make the National Guard available whenever it is necessary."
His comments came when reporters asked him to respond to a statement from Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan, who called on the Democratic incumbent to issue a disaster declaration in Chicago and deploy the National Guard to help quell the city's violence.
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