Trump Threatens to Lock Up Pritzker as Troops Arrive in Chicago
Members of the Texas National Guard at the Elwood Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Illinois on Oct. 7.
Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be put behind bars, a threat that comes a day after the Texas National Guard arrived in the third-largest US city.
“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!,” Trump said in a social media post, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.