{"id":9463,"date":"2024-11-24T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2024-11-24T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:05:07","slug":"denver-mayor-mike-johnston-says-he-is-willing-to-go-to-jail-to-protect-illegal-aliens-from-trumps-deportation-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/denver-mayor-mike-johnston-says-he-is-willing-to-go-to-jail-to-protect-illegal-aliens-from-trumps-deportation-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Mayor Mike Johnston Says He is Willing to Go to Jail to Protect Illegal Aliens from Trump\u2019s Deportation Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One for the seared conscience files, Denver’s mayor being able to say “Biden and Harris worked on restricting entry at the border to close it down” shows someone who is a shameless liar. Consequently, Colorado is going the way of California as they’re being dominated by a couple urban areas full of delusional voters exemplified by this guy. And a while back he was blaming Republicans for his budget problems because they’re a sanctuary city taking illegal aliens, and he had to cut services for legal residents. Though, you’d have to think Denver is getting the government they deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a population of 715,522<\/strong> as of the 2020 census<\/a>,[23]<\/a><\/sup> a 19.22% increase since 2010<\/a>,[11]<\/a><\/sup> Denver is the 19th most populous city<\/a> in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Denver\u2013Aurora\u2013Greeley, CO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the 10-county Denver\u2013Aurora\u2013Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 2,963,821<\/strong> and the 12-county Denver\u2013Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area<\/a> had a population of 3,623,560<\/strong> at the 2020 United States census<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denver<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/11\/denver-mayor-mike-johnston-says-he-is-willing\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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by Jim H\u1d0fft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Next 9 News\/Youtube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has declared his willingness to defy federal law and face jail time to protect illegal immigrants\u2014including those with criminal records\u2014from President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s promised deportation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnston, who is doubling down on his sanctuary city agenda, openly encouraged protests and even civil disobedience, framing his resistance as a moral crusade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a recent interview<\/a> with Denverite<\/em>, Johnston unveiled his audacious plan to transform Denver into what he called a \u201cfortress of resistance\u201d against federal immigration efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His strategy includes mobilizing Denver police officers and thousands of residents to form human barricades to block federal authorities from carrying out deportations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore than us having [Denver Police] stationed at the county line to keep them out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there,\u201d Johnston boasted, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right?\u201d You\u2019d have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants. And you do not want to mess with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments, particularly the invocation of Tiananmen Square\u2014a violent crackdown by a communist regime\u2014have been criticized as inflammatory and inappropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even Johnston himself has since attempted to walk back his remarks, admitting during a 9NEWS<\/em><\/a> interview that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t have used that image\u201d if given another chance. However, the underlying message of defiance remains clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWould I have taken it back if I could? Yes, I probably wouldn\u2019t have used that image. That\u2019s the image I hope we can avoid. What I was trying to say is this is an outcome I hope we can avoid in this country. I think none of us want that,\u201d Johnston said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When pressed by 9NEWS<\/em> about the possibility of jail time for his actions, Johnston said, \u201cI\u2019m not afraid of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9NEWS Reporter Marc Sallinger:<\/strong> Talk about civil disobedience. You\u2019ve mentioned that a couple of times now. Would you be willing to participate in those as the mayor of Denver? Would you be willing to go out and protest these things?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Johnston:<\/strong> If I believe that our residents are having their rights violated, if I think things are happening that are illegal or immoral or un-American in our city, I would certainly protest it, and I would expect other residents would do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marc Sallinger:<\/strong> Trump\u2019s new border czar, Tom Homan, has said that he is willing to arrest leaders like yourself for standing in the way of these policies they want to enact. Would you be willing to go to jail for these things?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Johnston:<\/strong> Yeah, I\u2019m not afraid of that. I\u2019m also not seeking that. I think the goal is we want to be able to negotiate with reasonable people on how to solve hard problems. Republican and Democratic presidents in the past have all tried to find solutions to these problems. President Reagan helped people get access to work so they could stay and support themselves. Biden and Harris worked on restricting entry at the border to close it down. There are a lot of ways to approach this problem. We don\u2019t think it has to come to this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One for the seared conscience files, Denver’s mayor being able to say “Biden and Harris worked on restricting entry at the border to close it down” shows someone who is a shameless liar. Consequently, Colorado is going the way of California as they’re being dominated by a couple urban areas full of delusional voters exemplified […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9466,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463\/revisions\/9466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}