(The Hill) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) rebuked President Donald Trump’s potential deployment of the National Guard to the Windy City, telling the crowd on Monday that the city’s leaders will “protect” the “humanity” of its residents.

“No federal troops in the city of Chicago. No militarized force in the city of Chicago," Johnson said during the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest. "We’re going to defend our democracy in the city of Chicago. We’re going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago."

“There are some people [who] believe that we don’t have the power to beat authoritarianism,” he continued. “But I am also a history teacher as well. We have stood up for the interests of workers before and we will do it again.”

Johnson’s clash with the admini

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