Victor Davis Hanson: America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law – Daily Signal

Mayor Brandon Johnson said that he was going to actively oppose the enforcement of federal law within his jurisdiction in Chicago. ICE, as we remember, two weeks ago, were blockaded, under siege. And local Chicago area law enforcement—which was requested by ICE to help them get out from being surrounded by these Antifa-like protesters—refused to come to their aid. JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, on numerous occasions, has characterized these federal officers as Gestapo, Nazis. And they are acting, in his view, illegally and will be held to account by his state authorities. "This is all very dangerous."
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Chaos In My Brain
6 months ago

Watching the news reporting that crime in Chicago is down double digits in every category. Perhaps arresting and deporting hundreds of gang members, drug dealers and other criminal illegal aliens works. Without a doubt the incompetent panic attack stricken mayor will announce that his administration has reduced crime and pat himself on the back.

Hello Indiana!
6 months ago

Pritzger promised that ICE “would never know a moment of peace “. Why he isn’t charged with sedition is beyond me. He has openly advocated attacking ICE.

Free at Last
6 months ago

If you are familiar with history you may notice a similarity between the State’s rights antics the democrats pulled in early 1861 and the state’s rights antics the democrats are pulling in 2025. Of course if you are democrat, that would mean you are naturally ignorant and don’t know that democrats have always believed they are superior beings who should control and even have ownership over the sub-human masses. That was the mind set in South Carolina in 1860 and in blue states in 2025. They achieved it in Illinois.

Riverbender
6 months ago

I think that both Johnson and Pritzker are hoping Trump will take action against them so that they can become martyrs a la John Brown style so as to entrench themselves as hero’s in the radicals minds. The best tactic I think would be to simply ignore them so as to treat them as simply unimportant no matter how loud their whines. Illinois media seems certain to cheer them on but nationally I think people are fatigued by all of it. Just leave them alone and they will go back to their homes in Illinois dragging their tails behind them.

Reese
6 months ago

Victor Davis Hanson knows history and he has a lot to teach us.
The governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago want lawlessness.
Those on the far left do not seem to care about public safety or about addressing the real problems facing Illinois–crime, the pension crisis, failing public education, unemployment in the private sector, permanent dependency on welfare…..
Instead, Johnson, Mamdani, and Karen Bass want to destroy the cities of America.

ProzacPlease
6 months ago
Reply to  Mark Glennon

No doubt. And no doubt who are the foot soldiers/useful idiots.

ProzacPlease
6 months ago

ICE tracking apps, protests, attempting to stop public arrests in broad daylight.

What are leftists trying to accomplish? The goal is to force ICE to start arresting people at their homes at night, rather than contend with the daily onslaughts.

And then the leftists can scream even louder about secret police dragging people from their homes in the middle of the night. They are manipulating to get exactly the scenario they want.

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