Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson faced criticism from protestors during a city council meeting on Monday, leading to their removal. Attendees voiced concerns about the mayor's allocation of funds towards migrants and accused him of violating the Constitution.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday ordered the removal of people protesting his actions on issues involving migrants from a city council meeting. The instruction followed the public comment period, during which some people wearing shirts reading “Chicago flips red” spoke out against the mayor’s policies. Footage of the meeting does not show what any attendees were doing when the mayor ordered their removal.
One person wearing a “Chicago flips red” shirt, identified as Jessica Jackson, told Mayor Johnson he was going to be “held accountable” for directing money toward migrants, citing an executive order from last year establishing a deputy mayor for “immigrant, migrant and refugee rights.” “We gonna talk about this budget, about the strange things that’s happening, because again, your name was on this executive order of May 2023, this executive order for immigration, migrants and refugee rights,” Jackson said. “You caused all this money to go to illegal immigrants.” She claimed that the mayor doesn’t follow the Constitution, adding that he and city council members “violate our rights.” Another attendee named David Mason said that Mayor Johnson gave half of the amount of the city’s deficit to “illegals.” It’s lazy governing is what you call it, so let’s not forget that we gotta watch these politricks,” he told the mayor. Mason added that Tom Homan, whom President-elect Donald Trump picked to be his incoming “border czar,” told Mayor Johnson “it is illegal to harbor and conceal illegal immigrants.” “All you illegals, you ain’t going to have no merry Christmas. You going to have a merry deportation Christmas,” Mason said. A third attendee named Sharon Abbott suggested Mayor Johnson violated his oath of office by failing to protecting the city from an “invasion” and by not ensuring “domestic tranquility.” The mayor also ignored the Declaration of Independence, according to Abbott. “No one appointed a monarch to rule over the people of Chicago,” she told Mayor Johnson
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