The Illinois governor hit back at the president's threats of deploying National Guard troops to the city in a forceful speech.

Illinois Gov. JB. Pritzker on Monday railed against President Donald Trump for suggesting he would deploy federal forces to Chicago, accusing the administration of “searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy,

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) warned President Donald Trump against sending the National Guard to Chicago. Speaking to reporters in Chicago on Monday, Pritzker railed against Trump’s proposal to use the National Guard the same way he’d used it in Washington,