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Greg Pratt

Gregory Royal Pratt is an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune covering Chicago and Illinois politics, and author of "The City is Up for Grabs" about Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Oct 20, 2026

5:29
You say in your article that Paris is a town where 75% of voters back Donald Trump, yet over 70% of the locals you spoke to are now angry about immigration enforcement there.
5:44
Yeah, I took a trip to beautiful Shea Perry on the Indiana border.
5:49
And it's really a lovely town.
5:51
It's an interesting community.
5:53
I was talking to the mayor about the mayor of Paris.
5:57
He's been there for a long time, Craig Smith.
5:59
He was talking about how 75% of the town supports Trump and 75%.
7:31
You highlighted that Jose's mother-in-law, is a Republican who now says she will never see herself as a Republican again.
1:25
So based on your reporting, is the state struggling to prove immediate danger?
1:31
That's such a good question, because if you recall, they took forever to do anything in this case whatsoever and to bring allegations against the doctor.
1:44
They did use some...
1:46
I don't want to say technicalities.
1:48
I think that's technically called rules.
1:51
But they didn't shut him down on some of the more extreme stuff.
1:56
They shut him down on some technicalities.
4:08
One of our main themes for tonight is about systemic issues, not just one specific doctor, not just one specific issue, but systemic issues.
7:04
How is the campaign handling this? I mean, this is a pretty big allegation to reopen an investigation this tight in a time frame of Election Day.
7:14
Well, the campaign is upset.
7:16
You know, they feel that there's politics going on.
7:20
They're upset with the inspector general for even letting loose that they are reinvestigating.
7:28
But you know what really matters is what happened in the situation.
7:31
Where, you know, my colleague Alice Yin and Kate Armanini broke the story, and they interviewed the young woman.
7:39
They interviewed her about her experiences.
9:56
So what is the union saying, if anything?

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