Situation Room co-host Pamela Brown asked for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to respond to President Trump calling for his arrest, but did not ask him at all about why the Chicago police were directed to not assist border patrol and ICE agents. The lapse in journalistic responsibility came during a Wednesday morning interview with Johnson.
CNN’s Brown opened the interview by asking the mayor to react to President Trump’s Truth Social post:
BROWN: But first, President Trump this morning called for you, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, to be jailed for, quote, “failing to protect ICE officers!” What is your response?
JOHNSON: Well, you know, first of all, this President is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that, quite frankly, is a threat to our democracy. And it's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a black man unjustly. I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay firm as the mayor of this amazing city, which was voted nine years in a row the best big city in America. And we're going to defend all of Chicago.
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