Talk show host Charlie Kirk commented on Brandon Johnson’s opposition to President Trump sending federal forces to stop crime on the streets of Chicago. “I think President Trump should call his bluff. I think we should flood the zone. It’s already working in Washington, D.C. Chicago is a next perfect test case,” Kirk said. “It’s time for a federal takeover of Chicago. We’ve been calling for this for quite some time. I think we’re getting closer. I think you’re gonna see the president pull the trigger sometime soon.”

CHARLIE KIRK: Brandon Johnson might be the most unimpressive mayor in America… He shouldn’t be the mayor of Chicago. Chicago deserves so much better than Brandon Johnson. His approval rating is below 20%. He’s a Marxist. President Trump got like 30% of the vote in Chicago. So just so we are clear, President Donald Trump has more approval in Chicago than Brandon Johnson. And in order to be mayor of Chicago, you run in kind of a jungle primary, what it’s called. And so you have like 8 or 9 different people that run. So if you get like 28, 29% of the vote, you become mayor. Now, there is a runoff system, I think, and you end up winning the runoff thanks to the teachers’ unions, which run the entire state of Illinois. This is Brandon Johnson, who is overseeing 52 people shot and 7 people killed. Let’s just kind of look at the totals here, which, by the way, they are down this year, remarkably, but still: 245 people shot and killed, 1,121 people shot and wounded, 1,366 people shot, Mr. Johnson, with 293 homicides. In just the month of August, 39 people were shot and killed, 208 were shot and wounded, 247 people were total shot with 43 homicides. The vast majority of this was black people shooting black people, just so we are clear. It’s not white people that are shooting black people. The predominant driver of urban crime is black-on-black crime, or just black crime in general, especially in the city of Chicago. But no one is able to say that because Brandon Johnson wants to try to make it that, you know, “I’m fighting white supremacy,” even though he will not address black crime in his own city. And just because we’ve been desensitized and used to this doesn’t mean it’s OK. Just because I grew up my entire life getting used to 300-500 people getting shot a summer in Chicago does not make it OK. This is Brandon Johnson. BRANDON JOHNSON: Are you prepared to defend this land, this land that was built by slaves, a land that was built by indigenous people, a land that’s built by workers? Are you prepared to defend this land? The people united will always prevail. I need you all to stand firm, to stand strong. If this President decides to continue to break this constitution– CHARLIE KIRK: Let’s go through a couple of things. First of all, are you encouraging people to fight federal troops, Mr. Mayor? Is that what you’re saying? Sounds like insurrection language. And if a Republican governor were to say something like that under Joe Biden, how is that any different than how the left got really mad and angry at Mr. Wallace, George Wallace? Remember, “I’m gonna fight federal troops against segregation”? Well, you’re gonna fight federal- the Democrats, they have some parallels throughout their history. In fact, I think Wallace was a Democrat, if I’m not mistaken. If we go a level deeper here though, which I think is very important-it’s just a side note before I go a level deeper. Native Americans did not build Chicago, OK? The Potawatomi Indians did not build Chicago. The Illinois tribes did not build Chicago. They occupied Chicago. They didn’t build anything, OK? Very sweet, nice people. They didn’t build anything. Chicago really started as a military base in 1803, Fort Dearborn. It was built largely, by the way, by the Irish and the Poles and the Czechs and the Bohemians, and the Italians. And it was not built by slaves. I mean, there was a big influx of black migration that came to Chicago. And actually, before we decided to addict a bunch of our populations on government benefits, those parts of Chicago were flourishing, were safer. Chicago was largely built up after the Civil War, Mr. Mayor. But he just has to say it because it’s kind of part of the modern incantation of the Democrat Party. I think President Trump should call his bluff. I think we should flood the zone. It’s already working in Washington, D.C. Chicago is a next perfect test case. As I said in D.C., and people laughed at me: you bring in the tanks, you fly the drones, you send in the Marines. It worked in D.C., it will work in Chicago. People were laughing: “Oh my goodness, why are there tanks in D.C.?” Well, it worked because the show of force is all that these good-for-nothing lowlifes, these lowlifes that are shooting people at 1 or 2 a.m.-that’s all they understand. These good-for-nothing lowlifes that are spraying and praying, and sometimes a 6-year-old girl gets struck on her way to school. That right there is completely unacceptable. We’re not gonna put up with that. In the United States of America, we’re not gonna put up with urban crime anymore. We’re gonna go city by city, block by block. And the Democrats really don’t like it. The left, they don’t know how to answer it because, “Oh, our cities are so safe, so stay away so we can keep them unsafe.” Really? You guys have been complaining about how dangerous these cities are for a while. “Give us more money because our cities are so unsafe.” It’s time for a federal takeover of Chicago. We’ve been calling for this for quite some time. I think we’re getting closer. I think you’re gonna see the president pull the trigger sometime soon. What is Mayor Johnson gonna do? Resist? We’ll talk more after the break.

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