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From the Washington Examiner: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson encouraged his city to protest the Trump administration’s immigration raids across the country.
“I am counting on all of Chicago to resist in this moment,” said Johnson, who is a Democrat. “Whatever particular vulnerable group is being targeted today, another group will be next.”
Johnson’s comments come as Los Angeles and other cities have seen protests that have grown violent and rife with vandalism. President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard and some from the Marine Corps to quell the resistance.
“This is a necessary fight for all of us to be able to push back. Whether we use the courts or whether we continue to protest or raise our voices, dissent matters in this moment,” Johnson said, adding that the protests should remain nonviolent and that doing the opposite could play into Trump’s hands.
“This president’s desire to not only militarize and criminalize, but his commitment to drive chaos is not only reckless, but it’s incomprehensible,” Johnson wildly claimed.
This president’s desire to not only militarize and criminalize, but his commitment to drive chaos is not only reckless, but it’s incomprehensible. pic.twitter.com/6DHVnAnPzk
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) June 12, 2025
Brandon’s rant continues, and he claims, “What we have seen in Los Angeles is really not about immigration. It’s not about policy. It’s about power.”
“We have a tyrant in the White House who has a complete disregard for our Constitution, and the dismissing of our Democracy,” he claimed.
What we have seen in Los Angeles is really not about immigration. It’s not about policy. It’s about power. pic.twitter.com/r06lah9xCo
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) June 12, 2025
Johnson brazenly claimed that enforcing U.S. immigration law is terrorism, and said, “There should be no question to what our country would look like had the confederacy won. We’re seeing it on full display.”
There should be no question what the country would look like if the Confederacy had won the Civil War. We are seeing it on full display with the way this administration is terrorizing working families across the nation. pic.twitter.com/1JuooeYxbT
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) June 12, 2025
“ICE snuck into our city and set human traps, last week, on the president’s orders. I didn’t know you could look worse than George Wallace. This is sickening,” Johnson claimed.
ICE snuck into our city and set human traps, last week, on the president’s orders. I didn’t know you could look worse than George Wallace. This is sickening. pic.twitter.com/JRLupxSoJn
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) June 12, 2025
The tirade continues:
This is so fraudulent. This is about creating a distraction so Trump and his country club cabinet can continue to rob working Americans. pic.twitter.com/kTHPJGVQwr
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) June 12, 2025
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