Far-left Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) became a contortionist when asked about violence in his city, wiggling every way he could to deflect from the positive impact of President Trump’s actions to lower crime.
But try as he might, the mayor reluctantly admitted that there has been a 30% reduction in homicides.
Johnson appeared on MSNow’s ‘The Weekend’ and was asked, “That has been replicated in other big cities. Is the President right to say that it was his actions in Chicago, bringing federal agents to Chicago that made Chicago safer?”
He replied, “He is not. I mean, this President continues to exacerbate instability across our country. In fact, where ICE and federal agents were present, we actually saw an increase in violence. In other words, the tension and the chaos that federal agents bring to cities in America, it actually is counterproductive.”
“So yes, we saw a 30% reduction in homicides, shootings, shooting victims all down. In fact, the city of Chicago doubled the amount of the national average in terms of violence reduction.”
“Because in my role as mayor, it’s about showing up for working people. We’ve revamped the Detective’s Bureau to bring closure and accountability in the city of Chicago, 71% clearance rate. We’re solving crime.”
Johnson then tried to pretend other things are stopping crime, “We’re building more affordable homes. I’ve reopened mental health clinics, expanded mental health care, investing in our young people. Over 31,000 young people had summer jobs because we know that policing alone is not going to save.”
So, housing and summer jobs reduced crime, but removing violent criminal aliens is “chaos?”
Watch:
MSNBC: “Is the President right to say that it was his actions that lowered crime in Chicago?”
Mayor Johnson: “He is not… Where federal agents were present, we saw and increase in violence… but we did see a 30% reduction in homicides.” pic.twitter.com/CRElM9B7FD
— CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) February 8, 2026
Last week, President Trump spoke with Dan Bongino about how much easier it is to work with red states vs. blue states and noted that crime overall is down in Chicago by 25%.
President Trump discusses how much easier it is to work with red states vs. blue states:
In Memphis, crime is down 75% after about 2.5 months… Now, in Chicago, we put people there, and we brought it down but we only have a limited force because they fight us so hard… and yet,… pic.twitter.com/aTSLAwwgFD— Major Anthony Jones (@majorbrainpain) February 3, 2026
In December, Trump announced the withdrawal of the National Guard from crime-ridden cities, for now.
“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact. Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren’t for the Federal Government stepping in.”
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time! It is hard to believe that these Democrat Mayors and Governors, all of whom are greatly incompetent, would want us to leave, especially considering the great progress that has been made??? President DJT”
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