Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points.

We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence; we’ve already tried that, and we’ve ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence.

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…

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

As Donald Trump attempts to create chaos that distracts from his problems, we’ll call it out for what it is.

We’ll continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect Illinoisans.

Trump and Republicans are trying to distract from the pain they’re causing — from tariffs raising the prices of goods to stripping away healthcare and food from millions.

Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he’s causing families.

After using Los Angeles and Washington, DC as his testing ground for authoritarian overreach, Trump is now openly flirting with the idea of taking over other states and cities.

President Trump: You are not welcome in Chicago.

Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle crime, but we won’t let a dictator impose his will.

If Trump wants to take his ego trip on tour, he picked the wrong city.

Certainly, we have grave concerns about the impact of any unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to the City of Chicago.

I believe that Gov. Newsom’s approach is a responsible approach. He said this is going to be responsible. We’re not going to try to completely maximize it.

And we’re going to do it in a temporary basis because we’re keeping our eye on where we want to be long term.

I think that approach is a smart, measured approach, designed to address a very particular problem in a very particular moment in time.

It is political theater intended to create chaos and uncertainty.

I'm disgusted that Donald Trump met with Putin on American soil and did so with no representatives from Ukraine.