Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to as President-elect Trump a “risk to all the things that’s wise,” whereas claiming Trump desires to dismantle public training and create a system of “upheaval and chaos.”
Johnson spoke to reporters Tuesday and took the chance to weigh in on his emotions in regards to the incoming president, particularly his stance on immigration and sanctuary cities.
The mayor acknowledged the nation’s problem with immigration coverage, suggesting Trump cross legal guidelines as a substitute of constructing threats.
“We’re nonetheless a welcoming metropolis. That didn’t change on Nov. 5, and it would not change based mostly upon who’s within the White Home and whether or not you might be looking for refuge from Central South America or the continent of Africa,” Johnson mentioned. “This nation has to stay a welcoming area for brand spanking new arrivals and for immigrants.”
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson offers an replace on migrant points at Metropolis Corridor. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photos)
Johnson mentioned if Trump is dedicated to reworking the U.S., he’ll work with Congress to create “wise” laws that places extra border patrol and judges on the border for asylum instances. However, as a substitute, Johnson claimed, the president and others have executed the alternative and tried to create chaos.
“He desires to create a construction in a system the place there’s upheaval and chaos,” Johnson mentioned earlier than turning to public training. “He desires to dismantle public training, a system that was constructed by descendants of slaves, significantly within the south. He’s a risk to all the things that’s wise.”
Karoline Leavitt, spokesperson for the Trump-Vance transition crew, advised Fox Information Digital, “No coverage must be deemed official until it comes straight from President Trump.
“The American folks re-elected President Trump by a powerful margin, giving him a mandate to implement the guarantees he made on the marketing campaign path,” Leavitt added. “He’ll ship.”
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President Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP through Getty Photos)
Nonetheless, Johnson continued to pit Trump in opposition to the town of Chicago.
The mayor mentioned he won’t enable Trump to play video games with the folks of the town.
“If he desires to work with us, he’ll have a companion,” Johnson mentioned. “But when he desires to come back and threaten us, then he’s … he has declared opposition to us.”
Johnson’s feedback come every week after he claimed throughout one other information convention that Trump is a risk to Black households.
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Chicago residents have been indignant with Mayor Johnson and different metropolis officers, particularly over insurance policies allocating taxpayer cash to profit unlawful immigrants. (Getty)
“His risk is not only in direction of new arrivals and undocumented households. His threats are additionally in opposition to Black households. … We will defend undocumented people,” Johnson mentioned on the time. “We will defend Black of us, Brown of us, Asian of us. The Metropolis of Chicago will likely be higher, stronger and safer regardless of who’s within the White Home.”
Chicago residents have been indignant with Johnson and different metropolis officers for a while now, particularly over insurance policies allocating taxpayer cash to profit unlawful immigrants who’ve flooded the town in recent times, whereas the town’s crime charge has been spiraling.
Locals blistered the Chicago Metropolis Council at a gathering in February after metropolis and state officers had accredited lots of of tens of millions of taxpayer {dollars} to feed, dress and home greater than 35,000 migrants who have been transported to Chicago and its suburbs within the earlier yr and a half.
The mayor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Gabriel Hays and Elizabeth Heckman contributed to this report.
