In a fiery news conference, Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson strongly opposed President Trump’s proposal to deploy the National Guard to the city. He criticized the use of militarism as a ‘sickness’ that fails to create safe communities, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Johnson highlighted Chicago’s violent crime statistics and argued against increasing law enforcement as a solution, claiming it perpetuates a harmful cycle. He emphasized that his city is already making progress using alternative methods and refused to let the federal government take credit for it.