Mayor Johnson fans the flames of race hatred in his political war against President Trump
“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 stuff up. He’s doing it in plain sight,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday.
By Fran Spielman
May 27, 2025, 2:23pm CDT
Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers the Chicago Welcome at Monday’s Memorial Day commemoration in Grant Park. He stepped up his war of words with President Donald Trump at his weekly news conference Tuesday.
Mayor Brandon Johnson appears to be helping himself politically — and playing to the local crowd — by standing toe to toe with President Donald Trump. So it’s no surprise that he’s doing more of it, even if provokes the president and makes Chicago a bigger target.
