Illinois and Chicago Sue Trump Admin over National Guard

Monday, October 06, 2025

The state of Illinois and Chicago on Monday sued the Trump administration over its move to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago as the White House targets Democrat-led cities ...

Posted by Corky at 05:32 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

Q: "Do Democrats not have reason to be concerned that there are long term plans by this administration to keep the U.S. military or National Guard in American cities?" Leavitt: "You guys are framing this like the president wants to take over American cities with the military."

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-- The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) Oct 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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"The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, argued the deployments are politically motivated, claiming Trump has a long history of making "threatening and derogatory" comments about Chicago and the state of Illinois, dating to at least 2013.

Among other examples, it calls out a September 6 social media post by Trump in which he said Chicago would "find out why it's called the Department of WAR," referring to the president's rebranded name for the Pentagon."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-06 12:33 PM

#2:

"Cherie, look! Trumpf is calling out the military because of an insurrection!"

"Mon Dieu! We'd better cancel our trips to FIFA and the Olympics tout de suite!"