Father Pfleger fires back at JD Vance’s criticism of Chicago [Video]

CHICAGO – Gun violence in Chicago and across the nation took center stage this week, both at the Democratic National Convention and at events held by the Republican Party ticket.

Ahead of his community event this weekend, Father Michael Pfleger joined the national conversation, responding to remarks made by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance about the DNC’s host city.

“It’s almost a joke to me that they held it in Chicago, which has become the murder capital of the United States of America thanks to very failed Democrat leadership,” Vance said. “That is something that we would not accept in a third-world country, much less in one of our beautiful, great American cities like Chicago.”

Pfleger fired back, saying, “I don’t give much credibility to folks that want to be loud and condemning Chicago and other places, but they are the ones that are blocking real, aggressive reform to stop making gun violence such …