Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

[Kid Berwyn]

Source: Reuters

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city.

Neither Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson nor Illinois Governor JB Pritzker have been accused of criminal wrongdoing, though both have emerged as prominent opponents of Trump's immigration crackdown and deployment of National Guard troops in Democratic-leaning cities.

Trump's call to imprison the two elected officials comes as another high-profile political rival, former FBI Director James Comey, was due to appear in court to face criminal charges that have been widely criticized as flimsy.

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On his social media platform, Trump accused Johnson and Pritzker of failing to protect immigration officers who have been operating in Chicago.

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" Trump wrote, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-calls-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-be-jailed-2025-10-08/

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Beyond the pail of orange…

[angrychair]

1. Seriously, this is absolutely disgusting

Why do people tolerate this insanity? We cannot normalize the calling for political opponents to be jailed or worse yet this is becoming a very common occurrence from Mango Mussolini and his cult.
We should all be far more angry about this then we are.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. The Spirit of '76

It’s what we need and why we need a Department of Education.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. We tolerate it because

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we can't do anything about it except vote, but we can't even trust that anymore, and there aren't nearly enough of us so selfless (or with the guts) to stage a coup. That's what's really needed, but a whole lot of people have to be willing to die for it.

[hadEnuf]

18. And there really is no formidable organization and opposition to this. Not that's highly visible anyway.

We are waiting to be victims.

The old saying of trying to organize Democrats is like try to herd cats needs to be proven wrong. And anybody who is preventing that organization needs to be dealt with. The people need to be rallied against Trump and his fascist government.

[LuvLoogie]

13. The Republicans won't check him.

The racists/fascists are in control.

And JD will get all of trump's white voters and more. Because, if you think the MSM is normalizing this regime's racist fascism now, just wait till JD becomes the mouthpiece.

[Wednesdays]

16. It started in 2016 with their cries of "Lock her up!"

Even though Hillary hadn't been formally charged with anything.

[Wuddles440]

29. I'd argue that the opening act for this horror show...

was the Reagan administration.

[Botany]

3. "immigration crackdown" is just code for Trump and Miller's consolidation of power for their fascism ....

…. through their use of goons, ICE, J-6th shits, cops who had been fired whose Federal records he
had been expunged, MAGA thugs, and white Christo Fascist racists. Democrats, liberals, teachers,
scientists, unions, and the majority of American people now being sold as the enemy within and
are insurrectionists

[Kid Berwyn]

23. "Plenary Authority"

Insane fascists are obviously insane.
What makes me mad is so many are willing to go along.
What makes me sad is so many people have no clue.

Fuck Trump and all in his following.

[Bayard]

4. The lunatic speaks

ICE is not protected because their orders and actions are illegal.

Throwing another tantrum.

[KS Toronado]

14. Governor Pritzker should send the Illinois National Guard

to arrest the National Guard troops dumpie is sending into Chicago. Surely we could find
a reason even if extremely petty. " You here to arrest insurrectionists? There is no
insurrection going on in Chicago, please step into the paddy wagon."

[Escape]

6. This is so childishly stupid now...

that it's almost funny.

[in2herbs]

7. If f45's announcement was on his Truth Social I doubt it was decreed by him. It would have been

a decree issued by Miller or Vought.

[Mblaze]

8. State's Rights?

That seems to be a Democratic thing now.

MAGAs are the RINOs.

[Cheezoholic]

9. Ka$h is in Chicago today. Hmmmmm ..... n/t

[Ohioboy]

10. Aren't ICE agents able to protect themselves?

Since when is it the responsibility of mayors and governors to protect unidentified masked thugs?

[leftstreet]

11. I miss the "Abolish ICE" days n/t

[generalbetrayus]

19. BINGO!

[Warpy]

12. Jailing Democrats simply for being Democrats in Chicago doesn't seem like a good idea

and is one of the most tone deaf ideas anyone in that stupid man's administration has come up with yet.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. Be sure to post this on ALL forums you belong to.

I am doing that and posting the Reuters link as proof.

I firmly believe that it is Donald Trump's TRUE intent to instill Martial Law all across the country, prevent future elections, suspend the US Constitution that guarantees American citizens of rights and freedoms.

THIS is what FASCISM looks like my friends.

We are against FASCISM!

[Martin Eden]

17. The ICE assault last week was an act of criminal terrorism

Busting down doors & ransacking apartments at 1am indiscriminately -- regardless of citizenship, legal status, or evidence of crime -- hauling everyone zip-tied out into the street, clothed or not, even children.

It would be unlawful for the Chicago police to do that. Why should ICE get away with it? We're not under martial law.

Chicago & Illinois authorities don't need to protect ICE; they need to protect the public from ICE.

[somaticexperiencing]

20. to the contrary, local law enforcement should start enforcing laws, any that they can, against ICE.

[timms139]

21. The big question

is when will the convicted felon be locked up . When will his little puppet master Miller be brought before the court and his crimes against the country? When will the $50,000 dollar ICE Director be tried and locked up ? Joe made a big mistake not expanded the seats on the SCOTUS. If Democrats get the house and senate Thomas should be impeached for his dirty illegal tricks along with charging his wife for her part in Jan.6 .Jim Jordan should be removed from congress for his waste running false investigations and locked up for not answering a subpoena .Bondi and the rest who refuse or lie in the hearings should be hauled down stairs to the cell in the basement until they answer questions truthfully. Comer should be removed for his waste of tax dollars with his false investigations .Knowing that an investigation is wrong and doing it for political purposes is a lie any way you look at it .

[question everything]

22. His role model is the Queen of Hearts

[Kid Berwyn]

24. Thanks to online radicalization...

...courtesy of Scalia, Roberts, Manafort, Putin and the KGB, he has grown an army of Raymonds, armed with "semi" automatic weaponry..

[Buddyzbuddy]

25. The Felon, Barney Fife is at it again.

If Bondi and her minions weren't so busy trying to please Nero it would be funny.

It reminds me of an episode of Andy Griffith;
Barney, acting as sheriff, arrests numerous Mayberry citizens, including Opie, Aunt Bee, and the bank president, after Andy leaves town. The episode features Barney's overzealous arrests for minor offenses, leading to a jail full of townsfolk, and eventually to him losing his confidence before Andy helps him regain it.

[emulatorloo]

26. Trump just needs to officially declare War on the United States and be done with it.

Because that’s basically what he’s doing. Despicable

[jls4561]

27. So he wants to jail the governor and the mayor for trying to protect their citizens and for wanting to see that the law

is followed.

Fat Donnie from Queens should try it sometime. It might improve those “numbers” he loves to talk about.

[FloridaBlues]

28. There needs to be more of a United front from every elected Dem against the brutality from ICE everyday.

On every platform.

[AntiFascist]

30. The framers of the Constitution gave us the 2nd Amendment...

primarily because a well-armed populace could then resist a president in command of a standing military from infringing on the freedoms of the people of a State that said president may choose to invade.

If any troops are given orders to act against elected officials who are simply exercising their first amendment rights, I have little doubt that they will be defended by well-regulated militias that are NOT under said president's command.