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.

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…

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.

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

We are watching, and we are taking names.

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.

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

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…

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

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