This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.
They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.
This demand follows unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents.
Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart.
None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos.
I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois.
State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.
I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.
In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.
@GovPritzker You sound like a powerless member of the press at this point. If you—a billionaire governor—have no power to stop this, imagine how that feels for the rest of us.
@GovPritzker The ICE Directive 10029.2, titled "Enforcement Actions at or Near Certain Locations," commonly referred to as the "Sensitive Locations Policy," establishes guidelines to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities in specific areas deemed sensitive due to their
@GovPritzker This guy was in the highly produced DHS video of the helicopter raid in Chicago and drones. It had music it had slick editing. Just like the El Salvador prison video somebody’s producing these I’ve been a producer my whole life and there’s something else going on here. It’s like
@GovPritzker You mean the elected official who was interfering with the lawful duties of a federal agent?
@GovPritzker So, I left this here in case you need a refresher... This, of course, along with the right to protest, is for American citizens. Also, how should ICE do their raids, if not at residences and public places? 🤦♀️
@GovPritzker Hopefully they removed all the donuts.
@GovPritzker And why did they raid Walmart? WHY????????
@GovPritzker More missinformation. They arrested elected officials for breaking the law and arrested illegal aliens for the same. I thought you stated you supported the law?
@GovPritzker YET, your OWN people are HELPING them, some wearing masks AGAINST YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
@GovPritzker Thugs and goons. Completely un-American. 45’s GICEtapo.
@GovPritzker Let them do the job since your stupid ass can't, be in control then nobody else has to, 🙄🙄 Duh
@GovPritzker Well maybe if you let your police do their jobs and didn't harbor criminal illegal aliens, then it wouldn't be happening and eat salad....
@GovPritzker Hell yea, that badass
@GovPritzker It's a good start lard ass.
@GovPritzker Good!
@GovPritzker Bullshit.
@GovPritzker Kick ass. I voted for this
@GovPritzker VIOLENCE AND OBSTRUCTION ARE NOT COVERED BY THE 1ST AMENDMENT YOU INSUFFERABLE TWAT! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
@GovPritzker Good because you won’t do anything you lard ass pos.
@GovPritzker you're a fukkin jerkoff
@GovPritzker Good job
@GovPritzker Yeah right….
@GovPritzker That’s what people voted for
@GovPritzker Excellent!
@GovPritzker @emptywheel Treat the feds like the criminals they are and arrest them
@GovPritzker Suuuuure they did
@GovPritzker Fantastic 🙌