What’s the End Game?
Kevin McCullough
You almost have to squint to believe it’s real, but in Chicago today, the mayor is defending the raiders, the arsonists, and the looters—by refusing to call them what they are. He calls them “young people who made a mistake.” He issues executive orders making ICE-free zones. He sues to stop National Guard troops from defending federal buildings. He calls their deployment “illegal, unconstitutional, dangerous, and wrong.”
So which is it? Is he defending the people or the perpetrators? Because those sound like two very different things.
This is the new civic logic of the progressive city. Step one: refuse to enforce the law. Step two: demonize those who do. Step three: play the victim. Step four: shield the lawbreakers. It’s a cynical choreography that turns justice upside down. In Chicago, when federal agents or Guard troops arrive to protect federal property, Mayor Brandon Johnson races to the microphones to call them invaders. He’s not saying, “Help us keep the peace.” He’s saying, “Don’t infringe on our turf.”
By rejecting assistance from the federal government, Johnson is doing more than flexing his political independence. He’s sending a message that law enforcement itself is the enemy, and that public safety is secondary to ideological purity. And Chicago’s not alone. San Francisco, New York, Portland—different skylines, same story. The leadership refuses to enforce the law, refuses to accept help, and refuses to acknowledge that the victims of this lawlessness are ordinary, hard-working citizens who still believe in rules.
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