00:00As for Chicago and cracking down on crime, it is a priority of this administration to ensure that
00:05American cities are safe again. And I'm so glad that you brought up the crime in Chicago because
00:10we've been seeing the governor of Illinois parading out there saying that there's nothing
00:15wrong with Chicago. It's a great place to live. There's no crime there. He doesn't need President
00:20Trump's help. Well, I think the residents of Chicago beg to differ and the statistics beg to
00:24differ. And I'll just share a few of you, a few of those statistics with all of you. For 13 consecutive
00:29years, Chicago has had the most murders of any U.S. city. This is J.B. Pritzker's legacy, by the way.
00:38For seven consecutive years, Chicago has had the highest murder rate among U.S. cities with more
00:43than one million people. In 2024, just last year, Chicago's murder rate per capita was three times
00:50higher than Los Angeles and nearly five times higher than New York City. That's more than double
00:55the murder rate in Islamabad and nearly 15 times more than Delhi. Out of Chicago's 147,899 reported
01:04crimes this year, that's how many crimes have been reported in Chicago since January 1st.
01:09There have only been arrests in 16 percent of them. These numbers are unacceptable. There have been more
01:15illegal guns recovered in Chicago than in New York City and Los Angeles combined. The number of
01:19reported motor vehicle thefts last year was more than double the number in 2021. And Chicago has
01:25also, just like D.C., come under scrutiny over discrepancies in its homicide data reporting. So
01:30as bad as these numbers are, perhaps they are even worse. And this is Governor Pritzker's legacy.
01:36He should put politics aside. He should pick up the phone and call this president who would be more
01:40than happy to do right by law-abiding American residents in the city of Chicago. And we hope that he will.
