On September 30, 2025, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared on CNN and sharply condemned President Trump’s plans to deploy armed federal troops or National Guard units into cities like Chicago for immigration enforcement and law enforcement support last year.
In his rambling and berserk comments on the matter, the whining sanctuary city mayor argued that “brave women and men who sign up to serve and protect this country” should not be “deployed against American citizens and residents,” calling it “an egregious attempt to undermine the sanctity of our democracy.”
Freaking out about what Trump has been up to and the means by which he is ensuring that order will be restored in America, the Chicago mayor whined about Trump, saying, “Steve, this is absolutely appalling. This President is an unstable human being, and it’s right for this moment to check him, and we’re calling on Congress to do its job.”
“There is no way that anyone in this country should be okay with armed, militarized troops being sent to cities, these individuals, these brave women and men who sign up to serve and protect this country,” the unpopular Democrat stated.
Concluding his absurd comments, Johnson claimed. “They do not do it with being deployed against American citizens and residents. In mind, this is not only appalling, but this is, quite frankly, an egregious attempt to undermine the sanctity of our democracy.”
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As we reported in the American Tribune, Mayor Johnson has made a series of absurd comments about ICE. “We need ICE out of our communities now. We stand in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis and with all of those across the country whose lives have been torn apart due to reckless actions by Trump’s lawless, racist force,” he said in response to violent anti-ICE riots.
However, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling defended ICE agents in the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, stating that boxing in or ramming their vehicles constitutes an ambush and deadly force, justifying reciprocal deadly force.
Snelling added, “Let me make this clear, federal agents ICE, [and] HSI are officers. They are law enforcement agents if you box them in with vehicles. It is reasonable for them to believe that they are being ambushed,” adding, “This could end in a deadly situation, and it’s reasonable for them to use force based on those conditions. Do not box in any law enforcement officer. You are breaking the law when you do that.”
Building on this point, he pointed out, “You are putting yourself in danger following law enforcement agents around. The question is, why? What do you plan on doing? It’s also reasonable for them to believe that you’re eventually going to do harm to them if you ram any vehicle.”
“Especially that one that contains law enforcement agents, and that’s any law enforcement, local, state, federal, county, and you do this intentionally, this is considered deadly force,” the Chicago Police Superintendent said.
He stated, “Deadly force is anything that can cause great bodily harm or death. When you plow into a vehicle that contains law enforcement agents, you are using deadly force, and they can use deadly force in response to stop you.”
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