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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Neil Steinberg

Welcome to Chicago, Darren; let me show you around

First lady Jill Biden is shown a Day of the Dead Exhibit by chief curator Cesareo Moreno during a visit and tour of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen in October. Neil Steinberg will be happy to show you around, Darren Bailey. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Darren, Darren, Darren ... the Hancock? Really? Was Trump Tower too expensive? Not that it’s a bad place, mind you. People live there. But you do know about the elevators, yes? Cables snap, people get stuck, and that 84-floor drop ... best not to think of it. I understand the problem is under control now, mostly.

You’re moving to Chicago ... why? As a display of courage? You said, to immerse yourself in the culture. Fair enough, Darren Bailey, let’s get to it. You can’t just spend the next ... umm ... eight weeks rushing from the Hancock entrance, surrounded by a phalanx of linemen from Xenia Junior College into a pair of waiting black SUVs. What does that prove?

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