'No troops in Chicago': Mayor Johnson leads crowd in chant at Labor Day march
Speaking to a crowd at a Labor Day march in Chicago, an impassioned Mayor Brandon Johnson began his remarks by addressing President Donald Trump’s threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops to the city.
“No federal troops in the city of Chicago. No militarized force in the city of Chicago,” he said to the crowd. "We're going to defend our democracy in the city of Chicago. We're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.”
Johnson finished his remarks by leading the crowd in a chant of, “No troops in Chicago.”
The Labor Day march was billed as a “Workers Over Billionaires” demonstration.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said the administration intended "to add more resources" to Chicago. Noem would not divulge specifics about potential plans to deploy the National Guard to U.S. cities, but said, “We haven’t taken anything off the table.”







