MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough continuously pressed Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday as he attempted to dodge a question about policing making communities safer.

While advocating for social programs to bring down crime, Johnson did not want to answer Scarborough’s question on whether he would support more federal funding for adding 5,000 additional officers on the streets of Chicago. The mayor’s discussion about crime came as President Donald Trump has floated the idea of a federal crackdown in Johnson’s city to combat violent crime.

“I’m curious, would you also like to get federal funding to help put 5,000 more cops on the street in Chicago, would that help drive down crime?” Scarborough asked.

When Johnson said policing itself is not the “full strategy,” Scarborough said,

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