The owner of the Chicago restaurant slams Democrats for crime: “We want law and order”

A local resident in Chicago exploded the city’s democrats as President Donald Trump considers federal intervention To clean the crawling crime that tormented the windy city.

Sam Sanchez, owner of the local restaurant and the late evening Moe’s Cantina club, Third Coast Hospitality Group and member of Illinois Restaurant Association, told Fox that he had been “Democrat for so many years”, and that “this is not what Chicago was”.

“The city is not sure,” Sanchez told Fox News Digital in an interview. “So that the mayor and the governor go on television and use us as statistics, as figures, I mean, we are human beings, we are talking about real time.”

Fox News Digital interviewed the owner of the Chicago Cantina, Sam Sanchez, who said that, although he was a democrat for so many years, he was fed up with crimes in the city. (Fox News / Getty Images)

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“What is happening right now, in real time, the mother who has lost a five-year-old child does not care about the number of murders ten years ago, which we are interested at the moment,” added Sanchez.

Last weekend, Chicago saw its unfortunate cycle of routine crime, killing 6 and nearly 30 injured following violence, including one 5 year old boy which was shot in the head.

President Trump said he was considering the same type of federal intervention that he had recently deployed in Washington, DC, in the city of Chicago at a press conference last Friday, saying that the city could be “our next after (DC), and it will not even be difficult”.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has often been criticized for his management of Chicago. (Fox Chicago / Chicago police department)

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Sanchez blamed the coherent crime of weak proceedings, telling Fox that the Security, Responsibility, Equity and Actions-Day (SAFE-T) law was signed by Pritzker in 2021 maintained dangerous criminals in the streets.

The law allows judges to decide criminal accused of the individual Ability to pay a cash deposit. He also imposes limits for the use of police forces and prohibits the police strangles.

The Chicago police logo on a police officer in a university basketball match between Depaul Blue Demons and Marquette Golden Eagles at the Wintrust Arena on January 24, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Mitchell Layton / Getty images)

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SAFE-T law also allows incarcerated criminals to reduce their sentence by participating in various programs, in drug treatment or to show good behavior.

“The request for detention to be kept (the criminals incarcerated), they continue to ignore it, they are released, so we are heading in the wrong direction, and we have been heading for years,” Sanchez told Fox. It must be curved. If they cannot change the SAFE-T act, it must be removed from books. “”

The White House published a long information sheet Detail Monday of the crimes of Chicago committed as well as testimonies of the residents while President Trump weighs whether to intervene in the city, despite the criticisms of the Democrats and leaders of Illinois.

President Donald Trump holds a meeting of the cabinet with members of his administration in the Cabinet of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh meeting of the Cabinet of the second term of Trump. (SOMODEVILLA / GETTY Images)

“We are tired of the crime,” said Sanchez. “We want law and order.”

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“If President Trump could help us continue these violent repeat offenders, any firearm crime should be prosecuted by the federal government.”

Preston Mizell is a Fox News Digital writer covering Breaking news. History advice can be sent to [email protected] and on x @Mizellpreston