The governor was asked how he would make sure that taxpayer dollars were not going to people wanted for crimes. CWB Chicago reported that McMiller was also an anti-violence “peacekeeper.”“There’s no way, by the way, when you take a picture to vet everybody. We know that people who are involved in community violence intervention are people who had a previous life of crime. The governor has repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump for cutting federal taxpayer funding of community violence intervention programs. According to the governor’s office, the Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention has spent more than $375 million to “reduce violence and support Community Violence Intervention programs.”