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* President Trump last week…
And after we do this, we’ll go to another location, and we’ll make it safe also. We’re going to make our country very safe. We’re going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we’ll straighten that one out, probably next that will be our next one after this, and it won’t even be tough. And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come in. They’re wearing red hats, just like this one, but they’re wearing red hats. African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, ‘Please, President Trump, come to Chicago. Please.’ I did great with the Black vote, as you know, and they want something to happen, so I think Chicago will be our next.
* The Black ladies in the red hats belong to @FlipChicagoRed. The group has been relentlessly hyped by outlets like Fox News and made its bones by pitting Black people against migrants…
Thank you, @aishahhasnie, for taking the time to chat with Danni C about her testimony yesterday at the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement: Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Magnet for Migrants, Cover for Criminals.
Big thanks to @FoxNews and @FoxBusiness pic.twitter.com/D03M5Y8wCa
— Chicago Flips Red (@FlipChicagoRed) April 10, 2025
Read the constitution. Article I Section 9. Due process is not a right when it comes to illegal migrants and terrorist organizations. It can be suspended when necessary - it's not inherent.
— Chicago Flips Red (@FlipChicagoRed) April 22, 2025
Thank you PRESIDENT TRUMP for the shout out! We appreciate you and are hoping you send everything you've got to save our city! https://t.co/198GMkB3Zy https://t.co/bWX0mM84qL
— Chicago Flips Red (@FlipChicagoRed) August 22, 2025
* Center Square has also highlighted them. Video…
More here, and here, and here, and here.
* For some reason, Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg never heard of them before. But he did a bit of digging…
So I asked: She sincerely believes Chicago will benefit from the National Guard patrolling its streets?
“Yes, I do,” said Carter-Walters, who lives in Marquette Park. “Our communities are out of control. The destruction. The devastation of what’s happening. We are being displaced out of our homes by illegal aliens.
“I stay on the South Side of Chicago. I’m living the experience. You can’t sit in your car without worrying about being robbed, mugged, shot, carjacked. We definitely need something to be done.”
She said her group has only eight members, but more are out there.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 10:02 am
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Based on their usual turnout at Chicago City Hall public comment periods…a membership of eight seems a little high.
Comment by ChicagoBars Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 10:09 am
===She said her group has only eight members, but more are out there.===
How many of those eight are registered voters in the State of Illinois?
Comment by Candy Dogood Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 10:17 am
Lining up against due process is despicable.
Comment by DS Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 10:17 am
This needs Kanye to insert himself into it to make it even more of a circus. When Putin went after Crimea he sent in fake dissidents begging for relief from “oppression”. And brown shirts are so last season…
Comment by Give us Barabbas Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 10:19 am
=Our communities are out of control. The destruction. The devastation of what’s happening. We are being displaced out of our homes by illegal aliens.=
The language is so over the top and people that don’t go to Chicago seem to just take it at face value. I was all over Chicago this summer and visit frequently (liver there in my late 20″s too) and never had a problem. Never afraid. Not downtown, not in Chinatown, Pilsen, west side, not anywhere. I know crime exists but this idea that “illegal aliens” are displacing people is just a lie. Gentrification? Ok, you have a much different argument there. The upper middle class millenials and gen z seem to be displacing everyone. I kid, a little.
Comment by JS Mill Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 10:27 am
The irony is that if he deploys troops, they won’t be in the neighborhoods those ladies are talking about (not those neighborhoods or anywhere needs them) is not where they will be. This is a performance, so it will be staged in the Loop, mag mile, etc. It’s about visuals. Not about substance. (Though real people will be harmed if he does this.)
Comment by Montrose Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:01 am
Ladies, they aren’t going to the South or West Side. They are staying downtown. Watch.
Comment by low level Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:06 am
Dems big mad that President Trump is making people safer and saving lives.
Comment by here we go again Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:14 am
The ‘Chicago Flips Red’ folks are a common sight at city hall. They dominate public comment and box out other groups who are trying to speak about the actual subject matter of the meetings. Its really frustrating.
Comment by Michael McLean Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:25 am
==Dems big mad that President Trump is making people safer and saving lives.==
Lol. If they were actually doing that I might be supportive but they always stay in the safe parts of cities.
Comment by low level Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:31 am
How dare they speak out against a Mayor with a 26% approval rating
Not sure what he did to improve from 7 to 26%
Must be people more Democrats appreciate his pushback to Trump
Comment by Johnny B Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:34 am
I attend a lot of concerts at Millennium Park. They are over now. They are also very safe. It would be very scary to have a bunch of thugs with face masks wandering around grabbing people for unknown reasons. Keep them out of Chicago. No armed Trump MAGA thugs!
Comment by Banish Misfortune Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:48 am
== She said her group has only eight members, but more are out there. ==
Insert “There are dozens of us! DOZENS!” GIF of Tobias from Arrested Development here.
Comment by Leap Day William Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 11:51 am
Kind of like the kids in The Sandlot . . . .one short of fielding a team . . . . .
Comment by Really? Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 12:31 pm
If they keep working hard for Trump, he may give eulogies at their funerals and forget their names and whether he actually knew them.
Comment by Quizzical Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 12:36 pm
==Insert “There are dozens of us! DOZENS!” GIF of Tobias from Arrested Development here.==
Beat me to it.
Comment by VK Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 12:42 pm
This Chicago Defender interview is telling:
“I came here from Atlanta to fight for my mother’s property after it was unlawfully demolished through illegal eminent domain. When they refused to settle her case, I decided to get involved because I believe in the U.S. Constitution and that it should be upheld.”
- Zoe Leigh
I do not know the particulars of the case, but obviously if it was eminent domain, it was not unlawful, illegal or unconstitutional. And the building owner was compensated. And the outcome likely would be the same under a Republican city hall.
Maybe Steinberg could dig deeper.
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 12:46 pm
= Dems big mad that President Trump is making people safer and saving lives. =
Whose lives are you talking about exactly?
Comment by Dirty Red Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 12:53 pm
The exploration of the group’s fundraising and tax status in this thread is very interesting
https://bsky.app/profile/escarolex.bsky.social/post/3lx5zdxy6f227
Comment by Stephanie Kollmann Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 12:53 pm
Nope - not going to her neighborhood. This is a performative exercise being done for show. I work on Michigan Ave and can’t wait to see troops on Michigan Ave twiddling their thumbs because there is no rampant crime downtown. I’m here every day. Sure, there’s the occasional incident and there were a couple of gangs of kids being disruptive earlier this summer but the City got control of them. Larry Snelling is doing a great job and Brandon is not interfering with him.
Of all the dumb stunts he’s done, this will be the dumbest.
Comment by New Day Monday, Aug 25, 25 @ 1:06 pm