{"id":15869,"date":"2025-10-06T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15869"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:27:46","slug":"chicago-mayor-says-city-will-rise-up-if-trump-sends-natl-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15869","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Says City Will \u2018Rise Up\u2019 If Trump Sends Natl. Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sharply criticized President Donald Trump over the weekend, warning that if the administration deploys the National Guard to the city as part of a crime crackdown, the people of the city will \u201crise up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump indicated over the weekend that Chicago could be the next city targeted for enhanced federal law enforcement measures, a proposal that also drew pushback from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who dismissed it as a \u201cmanufactured crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city of Chicago does not need a military-occupied state. That\u2019s not who we are,\u201d Johnson said in response to a question regarding his feelings about National Guard troops and federal agents being sent to the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd I commend the work of Mayor Bass, my colleague and, you know, all the folks in Los Angeles who stood up and fought, you know, against this, you know, authoritarianism. Here\u2019s the bottom line,\u201d Johnson went on. \u201cThey don\u2019t have police power. There\u2019s nothing they can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as5808\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, you know, look, we\u2019re going to remain firm. We\u2019ll take legal action, but the people of this city are accustomed to rising up against tyranny, and if that\u2019s necessary, I believe that the people of Chicago will stand firm alongside of me as I work every single day to protect the people of this city,\u201d Johnson told left-wing MSNBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1959987591270547873&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fchicago-trump-94569%2F&amp;sessionId=98253edc00a7d53e949cc65a8b2031c5c845bc7d&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1959987591270547873\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou know, look, the city of Chicago, one of the most diverse economies in the world, right, again, you know, a city that has been, you know, founded and established on the values of working people. We\u2019re not going to surrender our humanity to this tyrant,\u201d Johnson complained.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor, along with Pritzker \u2014 both Democrats \u2014 have been denying that Chicago has a crime problem. But a press release issued by the White House late Monday included crime stats for the past several years as well as quotes from residents who refute the claims of elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>The press release\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/08\/yes-chicago-has-a-crime-problem-just-ask-its-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>For 13 consecutive years, Chicago has had the\u00a0most murders\u00a0of any U.S. city.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>For seven consecutive years, Chicago has had the\u00a0highest\u00a0murder rate among U.S. cities with more than one million people.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>In 2024, Chicago\u2019s\u00a0murder rate\u00a0per capita\u00a0was three times higher than Los Angeles and nearly five times higher than New York City. That\u2019s\u00a0more than double\u00a0the murder rate in Islamabad and nearly 15 times more than Delhi.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Out of Chicago\u2019s 147,899 reported crimes since January 1, arrests have been made in\u00a0just 16.2%\u00a0of them.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>More illegal guns are\u00a0recovered\u00a0in Chicago than in New York City and Los Angeles combined.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The number of reported motor vehicle thefts last year was\u00a0more than double\u00a0the number in 2021.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Chicago has also come under\u00a0scrutiny\u00a0over\u00a0discrepancies in its homicide data reporting.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cYou have seniors that have been shot. Where\u2019s the outcry? We need to have a police car out here and detail because we don\u2019t know if this will happen again,\u201d one woman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2025\/08\/12\/residents-on-edge-after-5-shot-in-bronzeville-they-were-just-shooting-at-all-old-people\">said<\/a>\u00a0following a shooting near a senior living facility injured five people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou hardly see a police car in the neighborhood. It just seems like crime is really out of control right now\u2026 Mayor Johnson is more worried about his school board and his pension stuff that he\u2019s working on right now. He should be worried more about the neighborhoods in Chicago,\u201d a pub owner and robbery victim\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1960019984882831586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe certainly have a crime problem in Chicago,\u201d city Alderman Brian Hopkins\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1960038758855881215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0a local NBC affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Burglaries, robberies] were not happening a few years ago. It was very peaceful. Now it seems more dangerous to walk around the neighborhood,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/06\/11\/4-armed-robberies-in-30-minutes-leave-lakeview-lincoln-park-neighbors-on-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>\u00a0a local small business owner following four armed robberies in his neighborhood within an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sharply criticized President Donald Trump over the weekend, warning that if the administration deploys the National Guard to the city as part of a crime crackdown, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15871,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15869\/revisions\/15871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}