Chicago Mayor's Questionable Contact with the Truth

Chicago Contrarian asks a question. Is Chicago’s Mayor a Liar, Dense or Both? (I vote for both.)

Brandon Johnson — better known around these parts as Mayor 6.6 — has a gift. Not a good gift. More like the uncanny ability to take a bad idea, execute it incompetently, explain it dishonestly, and then act wounded when someone notices. He does this so regularly that Chicagoans have begun to ask a perfectly fair question: When the mayor says something demonstrably untrue, is he lying, or does he simply not know what he’s talking about?

Sometimes the distinction matters. Most of the time, it doesn’t.

Since this is February 2026, this is all about ICE, and what the authority of Chicago is, versus what is the authority of the federal government.

So. Can the city of Chicago prosecute federal agents for doing their job in Chicago?

And the answer, grounded in the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and two centuries of federal jurisprudence, is probably not — at least not in the sweeping, chest-thumping way Johnson suggested.

Federal agents acting within the scope of their duties enjoy broad protections from state and local prosecution. That doesn’t mean they’re above the law; it means disputes over alleged misconduct are ordinarily handled through federal courts, internal discipline, or the Department of Justice — not through a mayor’s press conference.

Click thru for the details, the posturing, and what happened when the Mayor of Chicago's statements ran headlong into reality.