"Pritzker: I'm explaining to you that our murder rate has been cut in half, and very importantly, Bret, you gotta hear this, very importantly we've been doing the things that are necessary to bring crime down, right? We've invested in community violence interruption, we've invested in police. I've added more state police than any governor in quite a long time. It's very important that we do both of those things and more to invest in our communities so that we bring crime down."
"In August, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized Pritzker for parading out there, saying that there is nothing wrong with Chicago when its murder rate per capita was significantly higher than Islamabad, Pakistan, and Delhi, India. We've been seeing the governor of Illinois parading out there, saying that there is nothing wrong with Chicago, it's a great place to live, there's no crime there, he doesn't need President Trump's help, said Leavitt."
Fox News host Bret Baier pressed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about Chicago having the highest murder rate among large U.S. cities. Pritzker asserted the state is not in the top 30 for murder rate, claimed the murder rate was cut in half over four years, and said violent crime has fallen by double digits annually. Baier presented a map showing 17.47 murders per 100,000, with Chicago listed first. Pritzker emphasized investments in community violence interruption, additional police and state troopers. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized Pritzker, comparing Chicago's per-capita murder rate to Islamabad and Delhi and saying Pritzker downplayed the problem.
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