Bill O'Reilly on US Military Deployment to Chicago, Portland, and Memphis

Military Deployment to Chicago

• 🚨 The US military is being deployed to American cities, starting with Chicago, to address a decade-long issue of thousands of African-Americans being murdered by drug gangs.
• 🎯 President Trump is sending ICE agents to Chicago as part of 'Operation Midway Blitz' to target illegal aliens, circumventing the Posse Comitatus Act.
• 🛡️ The stated intent is to protect ICE agents, but the underlying goal is to combat gangs on the South Side, similar to a previous operation in Washington D.C.

Federal Intervention in Portland

• 🚩 Portland, Oregon, described as a radical left-leaning city, is seeing federal agents deployed to protect federal property from Antifa.
• 🏛️ Governor Tina Kotek disagrees with the deployment, stating there is no insurrection or threat to national security, and the National Guard's mission is to protect Oregonians.
• ⚖️ O'Reilly believes the governor is playing politics and disagrees with her assessment of the situation in Portland.

Federal Support for Memphis

• 💥 In Memphis, Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee has requested federal assistance due to violence from heavily armed drug gangs.
• 🤝 Unlike Portland, there is little resistance from Tennessee authorities, with the majority wanting federal help.
• 📊 A poll cited suggests a divided public opinion on military or National Guard deployment in cities, though O'Reilly distrusts the source.

Historical Precedents for Federal Intervention

• 📜 O'Reilly cites three historical examples to support President Trump's actions and predict court victories:
  • 🇺🇸 1871: President Grant sent federal troops to South Carolina to combat the Ku Klux Klan, arresting and killing many.
  • 🇺🇸 1957: President Eisenhower deployed 1,000 paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce school integration.
  • 🇺🇸 1962-1963: JFK sent troops to the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama to enforce desegregation.
• ⚖️ These precedents, O'Reilly argues, establish a history of federal intervention to protect citizens and will lead to Trump winning court challenges.