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Chicago leaders denounce Pentagon plans for military deployment in city
The Washington Post ^
| August 24, 2025
| Praveena Somasundaram and Mariana Alfaro
Posted on 08/24/2025 4:18:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Chicago leaders and state officials pilloried the Trump administration for planning to home in on their city — the third most populous in the United States — as the next target for a military deployment in the name of addressing crime, immigration and homelessness, calling the idea unlawful and unnecessary.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said the state was not experiencing any emergency that would warrant a National Guard presence like that which the Pentagon has
reportedly been considering. Instead, Pritzker said, President Donald Trump was “attempting to manufacture a crisis.”
Trump has portrayed Chicago as crime-riddled for years and suggested that it would be the National Guard’s next step in recent days, prompting some city leaders to rebuff those comments. On Saturday, The Washington Post
first reported that the Pentagon has been considering options to deploy the National Guard in Chicago as early as September. If approved, Chicago would become the third U.S. city to face a recent deployment, coming on the heels of crackdowns in Los Angeles and D.C.
At a block party on Saturday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) decried Trump’s depiction of his city.
“This is who Chicago really is,” Johnson said. “What’s being painted by the federal government is false. We love one another. We support one another. We put our arms around one another.”
In a previous statement Friday, Johnson wrote that he had “grave concerns” about a National Guard deployment, describing Trump’s approach as “uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound.”
The mayor added that the Trump administration had not yet contacted Chicago about federal law enforcement plans. Pritzker echoed that in his statement Saturday, saying he had not received any outreach from federal officials nor sought their law enforcement support.
Across the country, Democratic leaders have become frustrated...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: idnotkaren; idonotdonate; insurrectionists; panhandlingkaren; seditionists
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If you’ve ever been to Chicago parts of that city you’d need a tank to drive through I guess that why Trump is doing it
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:21:58 PM PDT
by
Lod881019
To: E. Pluribus Unum
One thing Trump can do, without any judicial change is deploy the National Guard to protect federal buildings. I bet that would put the NG in the vicinity of much of the “non-existent” crime.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:23:22 PM PDT
by
JohnEBoy
(I voted for Trump to be my president, not my pastor.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
These people are so stupid. Donald Trump is scrupulous about following the law. He knows he has no authority to come into Chicago or New York. Washington DC he clearly has that.
He just sort of Muses about it and they all wet their pants and scream and cry. And that’s why he does it.
He is indeed the Emperor of trolling.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:23:57 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“ Trump has portrayed Chicago as crime-riddled for years ”
Just President Trump?
When I put in “President” my auto spelled puts in Clinton Obama and Biden
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:25:15 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
When a city has no leaders you have to do something
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:27:55 PM PDT
by
butlerweave
(Fateh)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Robberies and rapes are only infractions of the law.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:28:22 PM PDT
by
Mark
(DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Chicongo has “leaders”? Since when? That extra large greasy meatball? I don’t think so.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:31:14 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Have you noticed how EVERY migrant scumbag has a prepared sob story ready for the "media"? )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
https://heyjackass.com/
Illustrating Chicago Values
For the entire time we’ve been tracking this nonsense, at least once a year (usually around Memorial Day) some politician, “activist” or other brain damaged member of the kakistocracy says it’s time to bring in the National Guard. Surprisingly, pro-criminal pols, justice-involved violence influencers and associated grifters are now against such a move.
.....
Used to go to this website a lot.
Seems Chicago is same old schiff.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Praveena Somasundaram is a 25 year old. Woke. WaPo brain-dead Pravda.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:31:55 PM PDT
by
wac3rd
(Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
To: Lod881019
Honestly, what do these fools think Trumps reason forvm wanting to do this is?
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:32:56 PM PDT
by
iamgalt
To: Lod881019
Honestly, what do these fools think Trumps reason for wanting to do this is?
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:34:45 PM PDT
by
iamgalt
To: E. Pluribus Unum
We likes our lootin, killin, carjackin and rapin and stuff. We gots ta do sompin to pass da time.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Praveena Somasundaram is a reporter on The Washington Post’s national breaking news team, focusing on reproductive health and family planning.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:53:06 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:53:46 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
To: iamgalt
Honestly, what do these fools think Trumps reason forvm wanting to do this is?Did you not get the memo? Trump is Hitler.
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:54:33 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Praveena Somasundaram"
I think I can see why a red-dot would be upset about it...
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posted on
08/24/2025 4:58:26 PM PDT
by
Bikkuri
(I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Can’t we just tear gas the whole place?
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posted on
08/24/2025 5:00:50 PM PDT
by
madison10
(There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
5 year old shot in the head today in Chicago
As of last night, body count 20/5
But Fatboy and Brandon don’t see a problem
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posted on
08/24/2025 5:04:41 PM PDT
by
digger48
(Mp)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Brandon Johnson should be shackled in chains.
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posted on
08/24/2025 5:20:23 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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