Ahead of the Chicago City Council's vote to unanimously reject Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike, local residents address the council and the mayor as he attempts to raise taxes with consideration for illegal immigration. criticized him to his face.
Of these angry locals Several supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, wearing MAGA gear, said Trump's victory meant Johnson's liberal policies, especially those supporting illegal immigration, would face judgment. I smiled.
“The federal government needs to talk to you! The Justice Department needs to talk to you! And hopefully Donald Trump will talk to you too, because while you're going to protect illegal aliens, What? Three percent because you're going to let Chicago residents suffer because of you?'' Chicago resident Tijuan Sims told the mayor Thursday night.
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Chicagoans punched Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in the face during a recent City Council meeting that convened to vote on a new proposed property tax increase. (Reuters/Vincent Alban)
Chicagoans have been angry with Johnson and other city officials for some time, particularly over policies that allocate taxpayer funds to benefit the undocumented immigrants who have flocked to the city in recent years.
After city and state officials approved spending hundreds of millions of dollars in tax dollars to feed, clothe and house more than 35,000 immigrants deported to Chicago and its suburbs in the past year, local residents slammed the Chicago City Council in February. -half.
“They're messing up our country. And certainly, we have some feelings about it, because this is our country,” one Chicago resident said at the time. “We're going to remove them from the community because they don't deserve to be there.”
The City Council called a special meeting this week to vote on Johnson's proposed property tax increase, with less than two months until the city passes a new city budget. In a historic rejection, all 50 City Council members voted against Johnson's $300 million tax increase that would have increased spending for Chicago homeowners by up to 4 percent.
As the Chicago Sun-Times pointed out:But “the unanimous vote was largely symbolic. Negotiations to reduce or eliminate property tax increases and instead combine new revenue with reprogrammed federal pandemic relief funds began last weekend. It has begun.”
As an Illinois outlet.”center square“The city of Chicago is facing a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall and the property tax hike was necessary to avoid layoffs of city employees such as police officers and firefighters,” Johnson said. Reported.
Prior to the vote, the council allowed local residents to address the city government, including the mayor, who presided over the meeting. Several disgruntled Chicagoans vented their anger at the mayor and shared their satisfaction that the city was turning red.
Resident Dennis White, wearing a black MAGA hat with red letters, took to the microphone and asked the chamber, “How do you feel about President Trump being in office right now?” .
“Mayor Brandon Johnson, you underestimate us. You underestimate black people, you underestimate red Chicago,” he continued, referring to Republicans in the city. “You know, Trump won 45% of voters in Illinois and 37% in Chicago. That's the statistic. So Illinois is turning purple. We're going to turn red.” he warned.
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“You're like a schoolyard bully,” Jessica Jackson told Johnson. Dressed in bright red, she lashed out at the mayor, saying, “But those of us who grew up on the South and West Sides of Chicago never knew that the bully would be cornered in an alley and everyone would come at him. Everybody knows at this point,” he added. And there will be no one to help him!
“So you guys who know the rest of the time, come on. Leave the loser alone. He's a loser! He's a loser!”
Another local resident, who attributed his remarks to Mrs. Lawrence, taunted the mayor while wearing a red shirt that read “Make America God Again.” She brought up Mr Johnson's recent approval numbers from Change Research, showing him in dire straits. Approval rate 14%.
“A 14 percent rating is what you seem to have, Brandon Johnson — nationally — a rating of how they view you. A 14 percent rating.”
She slammed him over his proposed tax increase. “What about our real estate? Because we paid for these properties for a purpose, and we paid to get the $300 million that you want to siphon out of the people's pockets. “And then she yelled into the microphone, “Get rid of the illegal aliens! And you'll get your money back right away. Start there!”
The mayor's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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