A Chicago mayoral debate saw runoff candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson offer differing visions for policing, education, taxes and more.
Vallas and Johnson both agreed public safety is the city's top problem, impacting neighborhoods, public transportation and downtown business viability, but they offered different solutions.
But the night was marked by Johnson's wave of attacks on the issues of abortion access, teaching Black history in schools and property taxes. Several times he accused Vallas of being a Republican. Vallas maintained he's a lifelong Democrat and for the most part ignored the attacks, addressing the issue after the debates.
Vallas did go after Johnosn, a member of the Chicago Teachers Union, over the school shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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