CHICAGO—Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago.
The violence this time was deadlier than last Labor Day, when seven people were killed and more than 20 were wounded.
Asked by reporters about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I didn’t say when.”
“We have the right to do it,” he said.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, have repeatedly said there’s no reason for Trump to send the National Guard, which is on the ground in the District of Columbia, targeting crime, immigration and homelessness….