If the president does send troops to Chicago, I hope there are massive peaceful protests that show the nation there are people who oppose Donald Trump.

I do hope Chicagoans keep one thing in mind: Mostly young men and women have signed up to be in the National Guard to do their duty to their country. They are not hardened fighters. Ask them where they are from. Maybe you’ve been there. Thank them for coming during the pandemic to help administer vaccines.

They probably don’t want to be here as much as we don’t want them here. Let’s show the nation a City of Big Shoulders and how peaceful protests and armed troops can coexist.

Prove Trump wrong about this big, beautiful city!

— Leland Meredith Livingston, Glen Ellyn

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