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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker used Veterans Day as a platform to attack federal agents who are actually working to make our streets safer, and he name‑checked CBP Chief Patrol Agent Greg Bovino while veterans stood by watching. Instead of honoring the sacrifices of our troops, Pritzker chose to grandstand—accusing agents of staging “reality TV moments” after a team photo in Millennium Park and trying to score political points on a solemn day.
Bovino didn’t back down. He went on Rob Schmitt Tonight to push back and call out the governor’s lies, telling Americans that the agents are doing hard, dangerous work to remove violent criminals from Chicago neighborhoods and inviting Pritzker to come see the operation for himself. That kind of blunt, no‑nonsense answer is exactly what Patriots want from a leader in uniform, not a coastal politician looking for headlines.
Make no mistake: this isn’t theater — it’s Operation Midway Blitz, a federal effort that officials say has resulted in thousands of arrests of dangerous, often violent, criminals who were exploiting sanctuary policies. Despite the predictable hand‑wringing from city halls and activist elites, DHS and Border Patrol maintain these actions have tangible public‑safety results and are aimed squarely at protecting communities. Americans who wake up to the nightly crime headlines understand which side they’re on.
Of course, the left’s playbook is to demonize the officers on the ground and to sympathize with the criminals they’re targeting. When governors like Pritzker smear law enforcement as a spectacle, it does more than insult hardworking agents — it risks emboldening bad actors and undermining rule‑of‑law efforts that actually lower violent crime. Bovino warned that rhetoric like this can incite violence against officers, and that warning should be taken seriously by any leader who values public safety over virtue signaling.
Yes, there have been lawsuits and legal fights over tactics, and a federal judge recently imposed limits after finding serious concerns about how some events were characterized — issues that deserved scrutiny. But the talking point from the left that the entire operation is illegitimate ignores the commonsense fact that unchecked illegal immigration and sanctuary policies have real victims, and parents in neighborhoods plagued by gangs and cartels deserve protection, not political theater.
At the end of the day, veterans and every patriotic American know whose side they should be on: the men and women who put their lives on the line to enforce the law and keep communities safe. Governors who choose to trash talk those heroes on Veterans Day show their priorities — and it isn’t America. Support law enforcement, demand accountability where needed, and reject the performative politics that put ideology over the safety of our families.
