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…

If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me, not time or political circumstance, from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here, nor needed here.

This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city.

We are watching, and we are taking names.

If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

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.

This is exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against.

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

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…

What Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American.

There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention.

We have made no requests for federal intervention. None. We found out what Trump was planning the same way all of you did.

There is no emergency that warrants the president of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Governor Abbott is the joke.

What Texas is trying to do is, again, violate the Voting Rights Act. We didn’t.