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The president tweeted last night that he'll "send in the Feds" if Chicago doesn't lower its homicide rate:

Compare his language and numbers to this graphic that  aired  during The O'Reilly Factor, roughly an hour before the tweet:

The inspiration for Trump's Chicago tweets

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<p>The president tweeted last night that he&#x27;ll &quot;send in the Feds&quot; if Chicago doesn&#x27;t lower its homicide rate:</p><figure><img alt="" height="249" id="6f4523cb-1b3f-4e7d-b4c6-461c6a02fe42" src="https://images.axios.com/GzJ2EflZ4sA_PgnIcSOhU5jWVow=/2017/12/15/1513307762026.jpg" width="567"/><div></div></figure><p>Compare his language and numbers to this graphic that  a<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ired  " data-vars-click-url="http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/24/media/trump-tweets-cable/" data-vars-content-id="7cd51f75-94e5-4205-b2f3-57db8fe33c8f" data-vars-headline="The inspiration for Trump&#x27;s Chicago tweets" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/24/media/trump-tweets-cable/" target="_blank">ired  </a>during The O&#x27;Reilly Factor, roughly an hour before the tweet:</p><figure><img alt="" height="483" id="6477f1e7-8747-4c03-ab1a-4cfbaca076a7" src="https://images.axios.com/7idoY3Tv9veaqnjZXqsLLsLi4bU=/2017/12/15/1513307762326.jpg" width="843"/><div></div></figure><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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The inspiration for Trump's Chicago tweets

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