In a very unintentionally funny public freakout, Chicago’s far-left mayor, Brandon Johnson, went absolutely berserk about the formerly Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), declaring its war on corruption and fraud to have been an “act of war” against him and Democrats.
What made the mayor’s meltdown so unintentionally funny is that he is accused of corruption in a massive scandal, as a room full of gifts given him, seemingly by people wanting favors, was found in city hall, with some of the gifts he received missing from the room, indicating he might have enjoyed the benefit.
Beginning his ramble, Mayor Johnson said that DOGE, in slashing fraud and corruption out of public welfare programs, is declaring war on “working people” in America. He claimed, absurdly, “The fact that the President of the United States of America is cutting off food supply and medicine to working people and families across this country — that is an act of war.”
Continuing, he said that America needs leaders who are willing to fight for “working people,” though he failed to describe how DOGE slashing fraud-filled programs means they can’t afford food, as he ridiculously claimed, if they are indeed working rather than just relying on welfare fraud.
Making that claim, the woke and corruption-accused Chicago mayor said, “And we’re going to need leaders who are prepared and willing to stand up for working people, because this battle has reached our front doors all across America where people are struggling and suffering.”
He then said that dealing with the consequences of DOGE’s decisions will require “bold leadership” and can’t be avoided, seemingly meaning he wanted voters to back him in a head-on confrontation with the Trump Administration. He said, “And in order to alleviate that pain and discomfort, it’s going to require bold leadership. We can’t tippy toe.”
Johnson then cited Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State address from February of this year, in which the far-left governor attacked Trump by saying that it “took the Nazi’s one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a Constitutional Republic.”
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Referencing that ridiculous speech, Mayor Johnson said that Trump is doing the same thing by “cutting off medicine,” claiming, “Governor Pritzker… offered up a warning. You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food, a president that is working to erase culture. I mean, you can’t make this up. He’s doing it in plain sight.”
Further claiming that Trump is a Nazi, Mayor Johnson said the president is “carry[ing] out the playbook that was done against an entire people-group.” The mayor added, “He’s doing it right here in this country, against working people, erasing Black folks from museums and the history and the culture. So, when you ask how we balance that, you have to fight it and resist it with everything that’s in you.”
He then said, referencing DOGE and claiming it is an attempt to destroy “democracy” in America, “The President of the United States of America is capturing the hopes and aspirations of working people and holding us hostage as he works to implement and annihilate democracy.”
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