Republicans label Democrats ‘liars’ amid public safety, shutdown debate
[October 08, 2025]
By Greg Bishop | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois Democrats are being called liars by
Republicans over the issue of public safety, federal immigration
enforcement and the partial federal government shutdown.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday accused Republicans of wanting
to revisit history.
“The right wing in this country wants a rematch of the Civil War,”
Johnson said. “I want that to sit in right now because the president of
the United States of America has declared war on the people of Chicago
and people across America.”
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said chaos on the streets is because federal agents
are provoking protesters into violence.
Illinois filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the use
of the National Guard. A motion for a preliminary injunction against the
Trump administration is pending with a hearing set for Thursday.
Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland, said Pritzker and Johnson are
lying.
“They are not protecting the people and plus they are completely
violating our laws,” Miller told The Center Square. “The federal
immigration laws trump their stupid sanctuary laws.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday said Pritzker served
a “smorgasbord of lies” Monday when he talked about federal law
enforcement operations in Chicago.
“Between an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union and a Monday
afternoon press conference, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker repeatedly lied
about federal law enforcement operations in Chicago,” the DHS statement
said.
The department said among Pritzker’s claims, the governor alleged
federal officers are “raiding neighborhoods” and instead of “going after
the bad guys, they’re just picking up people who are brown and Black and
then checking their credentials.”
DHS said since “Operation Midway Blitz” began, more than 1,000 illegal
aliens have been arrested.
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Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Hindsboro, is pictured. Photo:
Greg Bishop / The Center Square
“There are no ‘indiscriminate stops’ being made,” the DHS statement
said. “The Supreme Court recently vindicated us on this question.
DHS enforces federal immigration law without fear, favor, or
prejudice.”
Republicans also called Democrats liars in the public conversations
about the partial federal government shutdown now a week long.
Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, said it was
the Republican shutdown.
“Day 6 of Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress failing to
address the health care crisis that they have created,” Budzinski
said Monday in a social media video. “And to make matters worse,
Speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to bring the House back into
session this week.”
Miller said the funding bill isn’t in the House, it’s in the Senate,
where the House-passed measure continue to stall because not enough
Democrats have voted for it.
“We voted to keep the government open and this is a Democrat
disaster. There is nothing to negotiate,” Miller said. “Again, the
Democrats are lying. They want Medicaid benefits for millions of
illegal aliens.”
Republicans are confident that as the shutdown drags on, enough
Democratic senators will fold.
It’s been almost seven years since the federal government last shut
down.
Thérèse Boudreaux contributed to this story.
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