(25 Aug 2025)
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Chicago – 25 August 2025
1. Wide of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker walking toward a taxi boat at the Chicago river
2. Wide of the bridge over the Chicago river and a boat in the water
3. SOUNDBITE (English) JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor:
"We have made no requests for federal intervention. None. We found out what Donald Trump was planning the same way that all of you did. We read a story in the Washington Post.”
4. Medium of a boat moving in the Chicago river
5. Medium of Gov. Pritzker responding to questions from members of the press in the taxi boat
6. SOUNDBITE (English)b JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor:
“So in case there was any doubt as to the motivation behind Trump’s military occupations, take note. 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rate have Republican governors. None of these cities is Chicago. Eight of the top ten states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states is Illinois.”
7. Close up of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at the press conference
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor:
“There are those who might ask if we have seen consistent historic reductions in crime and violence across our city over the past two years, and if we are not even in the top 25 most dangerous cities, then why are we now being targeted by the Trump administration for a military occupation? We are being targeted because of what and who we represent.”
9. Close up of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul at the press conference
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kwame Raoul, Illinois Attorney General:
“ It’s possible that deploying members of the U.S. Military against Americans could be the most egregious violation yet. It is immoral and it is dangerous. And we will use every legal tool to fight any unlawful deployment of the military against our American citizens in the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.”
11. Wide of community leaders standing behind the speakers at the press conference
12. Medium of Illinois U.S. senators, democrats Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senator
“I went to war, I was federalized as a member of the National Guard to defend America’s freedoms, so you better believe that I’m going to speak out when he’s doing his damnest to keep other Americans from speaking out, from exercising their First Amendment rights. And let me say it again, one of the most patriotic things you can do in this nation isn’t necessarily serving in uniform, it is standing up and exercising your First Amendment rights and speaking truth to power.”
14. Close up and tilt up the press conference pulpit and the microphone with a sign that reads “Chicago the city of big shoulders”.
15. SOUNDBITE (English) JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor:
“Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.”
16. Medium of Gov. Pritzker chatting with a woman
17. Wide of the Chicago river and some skyscrapers
STORYLINE:
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and numerous other elected Democrats gathered near the banks of the Chicago River Monday and blasted the administration’s plans to send the military to Chicago, calling it illegal and unconstitutional.
“So in case there was any doubt as to the motivation behind Trump’s military occupations, take note. 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rate have Republican governors. None of these cities is Chicago,” Pritzker said.
Mayor Johnson said Chicago is being targeted by the Trump administration ”because of what and who we represent.”
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