Protesters took to the streets of Chicago on the night of October 8 to march against the deployment of National Guard troops to the Democratic Party-led city. Approximately 500 National Guard troops have been deployed to the area to protect federal agents and facilities, despite an ongoing legal battle over their presence there. Trump's attacks on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, both Democrats, follow similar extraordinary public calls by the president for his political opponents to face legal charges.