Just hours after President Donald Trump suggested Chicago would be the next location for a federal troop deployment like the one occurring in Washington, D.C., both Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker said the president would be illegally abusing his power if he follows through on the threat.

“The problem with the President’s approach is that it is uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound,” Johnson said in a statement. “Unlawfully deploying the National Guard to Chicago has the potential to inflame tensions between residents and law enforcement when we know that trust between police and residents is foundational to building safer communities.”

And in a post on the social media site X, Pritzker rejected Trump’s notion that Chicagoans were clamoring for the National Guard to patro

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