It would be an illegal order to declare war on major city, any city, within the United States by the president of the United States.

Let's make it clear, the president of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation.

This is not normal, Margaret. This is not acceptable behavior.

Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?

My question is: Why did Trump cut $468 million from the ATF’s budget in his nasty signature bill? Why did he cut funding for the agency responsible for getting guns off our streets by almost 30%?

The president’s absurd characterizations do not match what is happening on the ground here. He has no idea what he’s talking about.

There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole — and anyone who takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans, too.

When did we become a country where it’s OK for a U.S. president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something you don’t want.

The state of Illinois is ready to stand against this military deployment with every peaceful tool we have.

The people of this city are accustomed to rising up against tyranny and if that’s necessary, I believe the people of Chicago will stand firm.

Are you prepared to defend this land that was built by slaves?

Unidentifiable agents in unmarked vehicles with masks are planning to raid Latino communities and say they’re targeting violent criminals.

This executive order makes it emphatically clear that this president is not going to come in and deputize our police department.

We do not want or need military occupation in our city. We do not want or need militarized immigration enforcement in our city.

This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try and intimidate his political rivals.

violent crime rates have fallen 22% today. Homicides are down more than 33% in the past year, while shootings are down by 38%.

When armed troops are sent into American communities to suppress protests, to target civil society leaders, or to facilitate the disappearance of our neighbors, it is not just a local issue.

We have less than 30 days to pass a spending budget.