Chicago could have gone the way of New York, specifically Giuliani, and punished illegal firearm possession severely. Instead the democrats in the state legislature didn't do so. Why? They didn't want to disproportionately impact African american males. Now you can argue the merits of that argument either way, but you can not argue the results on gun crime and murders in that city.

If it wasn't for Chicago, or more specifically, Cook County, Illinois would be a republican state. The problem is the Democrat party has been sticking up the taxpayers in Illinois for over 60 years. The public sector unions, pensions, taxes, crime, and cost of living have brought the city and state to its knees.

The only solace from this whole thing is when the state crumbles under the weight of its own debt and comes to the oval with its hand out, president Trump will be nowhere to be found. Just like California when Bush didn't bail out Gray Davis.