Coalition groups plan emergency rally in Chicago to protest President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy federal troops for immigration enforcement in the city.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday shot back at President Donald Trump’s potential plans to temporarily federalize the city, calling on citizens to „protect Chicago from Donald Trump.“
Johnson was responding to one of Trump’s Truth Social posts, which said he „loves the smell of deportations in the morning…“ and „Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.“
A photo accompanying Trump’s post showed him photoshopped into the city with fire and military helicopters overtaking the iconic Chicago skyline.
„Chipocalypse Now“ was also scribbled on the bottom left of the picture.
„The President’s threats are beneath the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution“, Johnson wrote in a response on X. „We must defend our democracy from this authoritarianism by protecting each other and protecting Chicago from Donald Trump.“
The Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA) and at least a dozen other organizations planned a rally for 5 p.m. Saturday in the Congress Plaza Garden, „in response to Trump’s threats to send federal troops into Chicago despite no requests from local or state leaders.
