As a black man who grew up in Chicago, I am appalled at our Mayor Brandon Johnson claiming any criticism of him is racism.
Besides having Brandon Johnson as mayor, we have a Black Cook County president, who also chairs the Cook County Democratic Party (Toni Preckwinkle); a Black state’s attorney (Kim Foxx); a Black chief judge (Tim Evans); an incoming Black police chief (Larry Snelling); and Black fire chief (Annette Nance-Holt). Even the speaker of the Illinois House is Black (Chris Welch).
