Make no mistake: we are in the midst of a surge of political violence — from the horrific killings of the former Speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband to increasing clashes with ICE agents. Trump wants this violence as his excuse to impose even more authoritarian control over his enemies.
We dive deep into this crisis as he threatens to send thousands of federal agents and the military to Chicago — a city more than three times larger than his practice exercise in Washington, D.C. Fred speaks with Dr. Robert Pape of the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST), as well as Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, a combat veteran of the National Guard.
We must act now to stop this illegal deployment, which will undoubtedly lead to more violence, the stripping of our rights, and damage to our military’s reputation for decades to come.
Learn more about Dr. Pape’s work at CPOST at https://cpost.uchicago.edu/Senator Duckworth’s Senate home is https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/
