Governor J.B. Pritzker
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And then only then can federal troops be brought in to protect your civil rights.
This is exactly the opposite.
It's like they've turned it on their head on its head.
uh and your civil rights are being infringed upon by cbp and ice and then they want to call in troops on top of that not to protect your civil rights but claiming that they're protecting cbp and ice and it's just false it's all it's a bunch of lies we need to stand up and speak out about it and be loud for america
Well, does it surprise you?
I mean, let me just, you know, let's step back and remember that Donald Trump, starting back in 2020, was not only election denying, but really threatening to seize the ballot boxes, to bring in the National Guard, to try to keep himself in power.
Now, what he's doing is militarizing our cities
also threatening not to have elections just this morning he said that you know maybe we shouldn't have an election in the midterms because republicans might lose and that would be bad and therefore we should take away people's right to vote um and uh and this is a guy who who over and over again has been all about protecting himself ice cbp why are they building up this massive force
It's like a personal army for Donald Trump.
They've got no training.
They're hiring people that are MAGA enthusiasts.
Indeed, we just saw that they were using AI, and what do you know?
They brought people in, no experience, no ability, and fast-tracking them and putting them on the streets because they want this kind of roughing up.
They want this kind of terrorizing in the neighborhoods.
And because it'll make those who are undocumented, you know, fearful, but it'll also make U.S.
citizens fearful to speak out.
And ultimately, it might make them fearful to vote in 2026.
So I'm deeply concerned about the state of democracy right now.
I know that this is not the issue on which, by the way, that elections get won, you know, talking about democracy, because what people really care about
every day is, can I pay my electric bill?