Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson did not directly answer whether he would support an increase of the city’s police force Tuesday, despite MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough asking multiple times.

President Donald Trump hinted that he could send the National Guard to Chicago to address crime, similar to the federal takeover he enacted in the District of Columbia this month. Johnson, along with Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), is pushing back against this, claiming Tuesday the president is declaring war “on poor people.”

Scarborough said Johnson is pushing “great programs” to address the city’s crime but asked if he would support 5,000 more police officers to aid in this endeavor. Johnson started saying that policing is “not the full strategy” before Scarborough pressed him again on the question.

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