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To my fellow governors across the nation who would consider pulling your National Guards from their duties at home to come into my state against the wishes of its elected representatives and its people, you would be failing your…
They're just looking to invade the city of Chicago, not coordinate with law enforcement.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city.
If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is — a dangerous power grab.
Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points.
It’s yet another unwarranted, unwanted and unjust move straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook that will only undermine our military’s readiness and ultimately weaken our national security.
What Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.
The guard is not needed. This is not the role of our military.
would be the most flagrant violation of our Constitution in the 21st century.
We have made no requests for federal intervention. None. We found out what Trump was planning the same way all of you did.
deeply disturbing, un-American, and have no place in any of our cities.
The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority. There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the @IL_Natl_Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty…
Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points.
There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention.
This is exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against.
