Astead Herndon

It was good to hear.

You know, we want to talk about how you positioned Illinois as a ground zero for kind of pushing back against Trump's immigration enforcement.

You signed a law limiting ICE in Illinois.

You created the Accountability Commission.

You have sued the federal government.

I wanted to know, like, if you could describe what you would think the playbook that Illinois has laid out for what to do if Trump comes to town, how would you describe what that is?

Yeah, I mean, I wanted to dig into this because, you know, Trump gave you an ultimatum saying to activate the National Guard or they federalize your troops.

You call that an authoritarian march.

But at the end of the day, 300 guardsmen still came to Chicago.

Trump, there were hundreds of arrests there.

You know, Trump got the show he wanted to.

What do you think was the tangible impact of that playbook you're laying out?

What do you think you all succeeded in resisting?

I wonder if the implication here is somewhat that blue states have been too timid in pushing back against Trump.

It seems like implied in what you're laying out is a kind of call to action for other democratic states.

Yeah, but when you see some scenes in Minneapolis, I mean, I know you've encouraged what you're describing as peaceful protests, accountability for officers.

Trump administration has argued that that type of organized resistance has escalated tensions.

Is there any concern that in encouraging what you're calling citizen accountability, that's also escalating the possibility of some of the clashes we saw in Minnesota?

They're shooting moms in the face.

Looking ahead to the midterms.