President Donald Trump called for jailing the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor Wednesday as 500 National Guard troops surge into the Democratic city.
‘Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE Officers!’ Trump wrote to his followers, referring Brandon Johnson. ‘Governor Pritzker also!’
Trump’s inflammatory call came in a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning after Pritzker claimed the president is deploying troops to Chicago because he is suffering from ‘dementia.’
‘This is a man who’s suffering dementia,’ Pritzker told the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday. ‘This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out of his head.’
Previously, Illinois and the city of Chicago launched a lawsuit against the administration to block from sending armed National Guard troops to city.
Over the weekend, the Pentagon federalized approximately 300 Illinois National Guard members despite Pritzker’s objection.
‘He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities,’ Pritzker added.
‘And then, unfortunately, he has the power of the military, the power of the federal government to do his bidding, and that’s what he’s doing.’
This is a breaking news story that will be updated.
