You go, Brandon!
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Mayor Brandon Johnson lambasted critics who have said he’s off to slow start as mayor, arguing that he’s being held to a “different standard” as a Black man and reiterating his vow to chart a different path than his predecessors.
In an hourlong discussion Tuesday night centered on his first 100 days in office, Johnson said he’s taking a deliberate approach to reframing how work is done on City Hall’s fifth floor and said criticism of that approach is unfair and based at least partly on his race.
“There is a different standard that I’m held to. There is,” Johnson said. “And that’s not something that I’m mad at, but that’s just the reality. I’m not the first person of color, particularly a Black man, that will be held to a different standard than other administrations.”
Yeah, here are the mayors of Chicago for the last 44 years:
Two white guys, two women, one of them black (yeah, I know Lori...), and 3 black guys.
100 days into your term and you're playing the race card, you moron.
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