‘Come Around In My Neck Of The Woods’: Chicago Resident Dares Pritzker, Johnson To Visit South Side Without Security

Chicago resident and Chicago Flips Red co-founder Danielle Carter-Walters appeared on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” Monday and dared Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to visit the South Side without their security details.

Earlier that day, Pritzker posted a video on social media showing a nicer part of Chicago as he insisted the city is in no way a “hellhole.” After airing the clip and saying the Democrat governor was trying to “troll” President Donald Trump, Fox’s Laura Ingraham asked Carter-Walters for her reaction. (RELATED: ‘Do Not Come To Chicago’: Dem Leaders Beg Trump Not To Send National Guard To Cleanup Crime-Ridden City)

“We are not thinking about Pritzker or Brandon Johnson,” Carter-Walters said. “We just had four mass shootings in a span of one month. Fourteen people got shot and four dead. We just had senior citizens laying shot, bleeding in the streets. And let’s not forget the gentleman who we saw, who was on Facebook Live, get robbed and shot while he was sitting in his car. So we don’t care about anything these people are saying.”

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“Tell Brandon Johnson and Pritzker, if Chicago is so safe, with Brandon Johnson especially, let’s leave his 150 police detail. Fire them and walk around with no police detail. And Pritzker, no security,” Carter-Walters added. “Come in my community, the South Side of Chicago. Come over there, and let’s see you say how safe it is. You can’t even sit in your car alone. If you sit in your car, you know there is a chance you’re going to get carjacked, robbed or shot. So tell him to come around in my neck of the woods and talk that.”

Pritzker and Johnson pushed back in a Monday press conference, urging Trump not to deploy troops as Johnson highlighted what he said were Chicago’s lower crime stats.

According to ABC7 Chicago, police data through Aug. 16 shows homicides in the city down 25% compared to 2023. Over the last 12 months, there have been 474 homicides, while the yearly average between 2021 and 2023 hit 722, the outlet reported.

On Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters he is considering deploying the National Guard to Chicago. The statement came after he sent troops to Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11 under Section 40 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

Trump’s move to aid the nation’s capital followed a series of crimes that drew media attention, including the brutal attack against a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer and the fatal June 30 shooting of Republican intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.

While Democrats and legacy media pundits have said Washington, D.C.’s crime dropped 35% in 2024, citing local police data, the statistics left out crimes such as felonies and aggravated assaults. In July, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said an investigation was opened against D.C. police Commander Michael Pulliam for allegedly altering crime statistics in his district, according to NBC Washington.

Democrats have continued to rally against Trump’s crackdown on crime, however, a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday reported that 54% of registered voters said Trump’s crime-fighting efforts in the nation’s capital are “justified and necessary.”

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