Gov. Pritzker says Trump trying to 'manufacture a crisis' as admin plans National Guard deployment to Chicago

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said there is no emergency and President Donald Trump is "attempting to manufacture a crisis" after reports that the federal government may deploy the National Guard to Chicago to address crime in the city."The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention," the governor said in a statement on Saturday.This comes after Trump's move to boost the presence of federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to reduce