Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has grabbed the nation’s attention for his theatrical pronouncement that he would use local police and a vast array of citizen volunteers to block federal authorities from conducting mass deportations of illegal aliens in his city. The comments run face first into the uncomfortable reality that Johnston and his woke Denver officials are crafting another New York City-style migrant disaster in the Rockies.
“More than us having [Denver Police Department] stationed at the county line to keep them out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there,” Johnston told local publication Denverite in a blustering November 20 interview. “It’s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right?” He continued: “You’d have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants. And you do not want to mess with…