Or...wait a minute. Is that what he said?
Or did Chicago Mayor Brandon 'Bear of Little Brains' Johnson just say he was expecting Chicago folks to do the uprising and he'd be around if they needed him?
You tell me. He's not really a 'lead from the front' sort of guy.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson disgracefully calls for his constituents to “rise up” against National Guard being sent there to help end crime like they did in DC.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 24, 2025
Johnson falsely says Chicagoans support him. He has the worst mayoral approval in US history.pic.twitter.com/zESdYz1sa0
Once the jaw-jacking's over, he strikes me as a 'in the rear with the gear 'til it's clear' type, and then he'll pop out to run his mouth about all the fighting he did.
Tim Walz, without even his minimal G2 (aka brain power).
So, you can tell, besides everything else going wrong with Chicago, the mentally fragile mayor has his nose out of joint about President Trump's insinuation that the Windy City is unsafe.
This pricks Johnson to his quick.
The Bear knows how to handle crime and has done so tremendously well since he took control of the city. He is also not afraid to tell anyone how it's done.
🚨 NOW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who has a **14%** approval rating, says arresting people does NOT reduce vioIent crime
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 25, 2025
THIS is the hill Democrats have chosen to DlE on🤣
Arresting people in DC has reduced vioIent crime by over 80% in 11 DAYS!
Democrats are full of sht… pic.twitter.com/yvaY7EWhSc
Listen to Johnson and do the exact opposite - kind of like investing advice from Cramer. Same-same.
Finkled by the porcine Governor of Illinois, Johnson wants more money - what a surprise.
And says they 'cannot return to the failed policies that got them there in the first place.'
Wait, whut? Then why is he balking at Trump and asking for more money for the same policies?
Dear God.
LISTEN TO WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY CALLING FOR
🚨Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says "unsolicited, unwarranted military takeover" is not needed in the city. pic.twitter.com/h4j8XioGDk
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) August 25, 2025
What his 'people' are 'actually calling for' is the National Guard. They like what they've been hearing out of D.C.
Wait a minute... the media told us that black people didn't want Trump to send the National Guard into D.C
— @Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) August 24, 2025
It's actually pretty dope to see people making videos sharing how peaceful D.C is since Trump cleaned up the streets
Boy were they wrong pic.twitter.com/NuZCFCB48b
WASHINGTON D.C. IS NOT MUCH GOING ON COMPARED TO CHICAGO - I'M GOING BACK HOME TO AFRICA, MAN
🔥🚨BREAKING: Black Americans have started uploading videos requesting President Trump to ‘Clean up Chicago.’
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) August 17, 2025
Chicagoan“Hey Trump! Trump, you need to bring the National Guard to Chicago, man. You got kids kiIIing kids, man. Thats not good.”
pic.twitter.com/Ct3AuoRPr1
EVEN IF IT'S FOR A SCARE TACTIC, THEY HAVE TO COME HERE
🚨 HOLY CRAP! A Chicago resident in a red cap is sending shockwaves through liberal circles after calling on President Trump to send in the troops to their city pic.twitter.com/euzcOsXG6p
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 25, 2025
“The National Guard has to come here! Even if it’s for a scare tactic. There’s no control.…
Lots of people wanted to explain why it sounded okey-dokey to them.
Thank you, CBS News Chicago, for taking the time to come out and speak with us about President Donald J. Trump’s mention of our work and our views on why the National Guard needs to come to Chicago.#ChicagoFlipsRed pic.twitter.com/obSal2GtbI
— Chicago Flips Red (@FlipChicagoRed) August 23, 2025
The mayor might have a tough time getting his little uprising together.
Porculous J.B. Pritzker is trying to intimidate Chicago residents and activists from assisting in any effort to clean the city up or approving the National Guard on the streets.
What a bulbous clown this authoritarian food blister is.
This speech alone, right here, should preclude him from ever obtaining another elected office.
JUST IN: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he is taking names of those who support Trump in his fight to clamp down on crime in Chicago.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 25, 2025
Pritzker is fuming over Trump's proposal to send in the National Guard to fight Chicago's crime.
"We are watching, and we are taking names.… pic.twitter.com/FmM3UpxDSP
...Pritzker is fuming over Trump's proposal to send in the National Guard to fight Chicago's crime.
"We are watching, and we are taking names. This country has survived darker periods than the one that we're going through right now."
If I were a Chicago resident, I'd be like, 'Yeah, you take names, mofo, and I'll see you in court, you fat fascist.'
Blue state dictators are the worst, most insufferable mini-tyrants ever.
Oh, well. As much fun as it is to visualize a murder-free weekend in Chicago, and smash and grabs being things of the past thanks to the presence of National Guard troops, they don't belong there until the governor and/or mayor requests them.
It's just the way it is.
This is true.
— tree hugging s*ster 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) August 25, 2025
It's fun to fantasize and wish Chicago a gun-free, violence-free fall, but their violence is their problem until they ask for help.
Or quit electing brain-dead idiots https://t.co/rjivSHT4Fc
Maybe the uprising Johnson keeps talking about will be for something entirely different - to force him to call for the National Guard.
There's no debating that the Bear of Little Brains is what he is.
Brandon Johnson is an IDIOT https://t.co/ir9QLc7LDD
— Slats Grobnik (@MissinRoyko) August 25, 2025
And stranger things have happened when people get pushed far enough.
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