Chicago Trump Voters Revolt Against Mayor Brandon Johnson After Proposed Tax Hike
“The feds need to address you! The DOJ needs to address you! And hopefully Donald Trump will address you”
Something is happening in Chicago. Inner city residents who voted for Trump seem to be empowered in new ways, and are speaking out the current leadership in the city. These people have clearly had it, and who can blame them?
After a failed attempt at a $300 million property tax hike by Mayor Brandon Johnson, he got an earful from members of the public.
FOX News reports:
Trump supporters rip Chicago mayor to his face just before City Council rejects his tax hike
Ahead of a Chicago City Council vote unanimously rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax hike, local residents addressed the council and the mayor, criticizing Johnson to his face over trying to raise taxes while catering to illegal immigrants.
Among these angry locals were several supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, who, while wearing MAGA gear, gloated about how Trump’s victory means Johnson’s liberal policies – particularly those assisting illegal immigrants – will face a reckoning.
“The feds need to address you! The DOJ needs to address you! And hopefully Donald Trump will address you, because you’re gonna protect the undocumented, while you’re gonna allow for the citizens in Chicago suffer under your, what? Three percent?” Chicago resident Tyjuan Sims told the mayor on Thursday night…
Chicago residents have been angry with Johnson and other city officials for some time now, especially over policies allocating taxpayer money to benefit illegal immigrants that have flooded the city in recent years.
These folks are not playing around. Take a look:
NEW: Pissed off Chicago residents slam Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) to his face, celebrate President Trump's victory: pic.twitter.com/huzBIjF5vR
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 15, 2024
Wow. The people are not happy with the mayor's plan to defy the new president. Or the new property taxes. With voter ID, Illinois turns red in 2026/2028 https://t.co/a4UeJ11RJA
— Florida Man – World's Superhero (@danmmeyer) November 16, 2024
And about that proposed property tax hike that Brandon Johnson wanted? It failed in a city council vote 50 to zero.
BREAKING: Chicago City Council just struck down Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's $300M property tax hike on a unanimous vote: 50-0. Stunning loss for a sitting mayor. Fantastic win for Chicagoans. https://t.co/pQ9n05XYse pic.twitter.com/01z1OTbEXO
— Austin Berg (@Austin__Berg) November 14, 2024
It really looks as though the people of Chicago have finally figured out that decades of one-party rule by Democrats have gotten them nowhere.
It began with the illegal immigration crisis but it is probably not going to end there.
Make Chicago great again.
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I doubt if the anger of Chicago’s residents signals an embrace of fiscal sanity. They don’t want higher taxes–but neither do they want to stop spending money the city doesn’t have. The vote is simply an indication that they want someone else to pay for their “free” stuff. Chicago’s bankrupt and they want the rest of Illinois to pay for their public sector waste. But Illinois is also bankrupt and doesn’t have the money to subsidize Chicago. And I sure as hell don’t want to pay for them. The bottom line is that Chicago’s public sector unions have run out of other people’s money. Time for the retirees to see their benefits cut. The unions had a chance to insist that their pensions be funded–but they chose instead to ask for higher (but unfunded” benefits. Zero sympathy for them. Why should I pay for Chicago’s fiscal ignorance?
an interesting article in the WSJ.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/rural-counties-new-illinois-california-1e1badb5?mod=hp_lead_pos9
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