Chicago Dem pol wants Trump to send in the National Guard — and says ‘half’ of city leaders agree but are too scared to admit it
Story by Alex Oliveira • 13h
A prominent Democratic leader on the south side of Chicago thinks President Trump should send in the National Guard — and says “probably half” of his colleagues agree, but are too afraid to say it.
Raymond Lopez, the Democratic alderman for Chicago’s 15th Ward, said the city would be foolish to pass up free help the White House is offering to help clean up the city’s crime-plagued streets once and for all.
“This is a very real war that we are fighting here, and we need every tool box to win it,” Lopez told The Post.
“If that means working with a Republican president to keep Chicagoans safe, then that is what we should be doing. We shouldn’t be playing politics with people’s lives,” he added.
Lopez has spent 10 years serving a diverse ward that sprawls across numerous neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side — and has witnessed firsthand crime that’s left his community sometimes fearful to so much as walk down the street with their kids in the light of day.
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