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Chicago elects a new mayor who defended looting
American Thinker ^ | 5 Apr, 2023 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 04/05/2023 5:02:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The term in office of Lori Lightfoot, defeated with an ignominious third place finish in the primary in large part because of public disgust over crime, may soon be regarded as the good old days.

Not quite one-third of registered voters (33.2%) bothered to vote in Tuesday’s election for the next mayor of Chicago, and the non-voting two thirds may soon regret their electoral passivity. Brandon Johnson, a far-left radical, has won the race with a 2.8% margin at the latest count, and thanks to his anti-police stance, the crime wave driving businesses and residents out of the city will only get worse.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson (Twitter icon)

Andy Ngo highlights Mayor-elect Johnson’s anti-police rhetoric: [Tweet:]

Leftist @Brandon4Chicago has won the Chicago mayoral election against moderate Democrat Paul Vallas. Johnson calls for removing law enforcement from society. During the 2020 riots, he defended looters, saying they were lashing out against racism. Chicago’s violent crime has…

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; brandonjohnson; chicago; communism; crime; dystopia; illinois
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To: MtnClimber

Chicago is a sh*thole, not unlike NYC. At lest most people can avoid these places.


21 posted on 04/05/2023 5:45:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MtnClimber

Now we can add this nut job to the Soros Wisconsin Supreme Court win. Anarchy is Soros’ favorite form of government and he is aggressively thrusting it on America with his army of funded anarchists. And, he does so unimpededly. It proves how hopelessly stupid the American electorate is and how at risk is the Country. We are swiftly moving (have already moved) to a one-party controlled totalitarian state.


22 posted on 04/05/2023 5:47:19 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Phoenix8
"I won’t and haven’t go back in this life."

Same here. I moved from a metro area to rural TN 11 months ago, and seldom return to high- or medium- population areas now. I've returned to a metro area only two times since moving, and that was just to visit SAMS to add to my emergency stockpiles.

23 posted on 04/05/2023 5:54:03 AM PDT by The Duke
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To: MtnClimber

Wakanda* gets a new mayor. Let’s see how it goes.

*What I’ve called Chicago for the last several years.


24 posted on 04/05/2023 5:54:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: Williams
We have people like this in our country. A lot of them.

You CANNOT fix retarded!

25 posted on 04/05/2023 6:03:17 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: MtnClimber

Hey Chicago. As Obama once said ... elections have consequences.


26 posted on 04/05/2023 6:03:49 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: MtnClimber

The TV series “Boss” starring Kelsey Grammer as the mayor, was a ‘fictitious’ portrayal of the lies and corruption that is Chicago democRAT politics. If the mayor character played by Grammer was instead a black marxist you wouldn’t be able to tell the TV show from reality. No wonder the democRATs put so much pressure on Starz to cancel the series after only 2 seasons.


27 posted on 04/05/2023 6:14:04 AM PDT by DaBroasta
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To: cuban leaf

Looks like it will be Wakanda forever.


28 posted on 04/05/2023 6:14:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Elects....

🤣🤣🤣🤣


29 posted on 04/05/2023 6:15:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: DaBroasta

Apparently folks there are ok with it.

Can’t wait to see the next Chicago Weekend Shooting thread here, should be a doozy.


30 posted on 04/05/2023 6:16:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MtnClimber

Good, let them wallow in their $h^t. There was no chance a white man could win in racist Chi-town.


31 posted on 04/05/2023 6:18:32 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: MtnClimber

The Left got their voters out - Vallas had no ground game


32 posted on 04/05/2023 6:18:47 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: MtnClimber

We are cooked as a society. Actually, we’ve been cooked for at least 2 decades.


33 posted on 04/05/2023 6:22:13 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: kenmcg

Who cares what color someone is, they will be known by their anti-America stand in my eyes.


34 posted on 04/05/2023 6:24:21 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: BBQToadRibs2
Haven’t been in Chicago (besides layovers) in 30 years, for good reason.

Same. Went my first time with a job where the entire staff was visiting a major supplier for our product there (2009.) We actually stayed in one of the more subdued suburbs west of the city, but I wasn't impressed when we went into town. They were having some kind of "gay games" event at the time.

35 posted on 04/05/2023 6:25:49 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: dfwgator

For sure—I wouldn’t be surprised if black neighborhoods end up with at least 50 victims to celebrate Easter.


36 posted on 04/05/2023 6:26:00 AM PDT by DaBroasta
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To: EC Washington
The Left got their voters out - Vallas had no ground game
Easy to do when the voters don't have a job or anything.
37 posted on 04/05/2023 6:26:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mewzilla

“Elects” = Selects


38 posted on 04/05/2023 6:26:24 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: TTFlyer

Let the boys get jiggy in their desire to be African African Americans. These are people who have no idea about what made America great other than the hate filled Marxist chapter on slavery. They never had a lesson on what made Britain, what put the great into Great Britain. Poor ignorant louts, just wannabe jiggy, don’t need no Whiteman history.

Soon it’ll all regress to what they know and still practice, tribalism. It’s where the guy with the biggest stick gets to be chief.

Yep pockets of Africa in America

Its consistent with the other enclaves of muslims
All products of bho and his crowning cultural Marxism
Now add in his BLM, two parts antifa...
All with one thing in common, tearing the social fabric of America.


39 posted on 04/05/2023 6:35:34 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: suthener
I’m beginning to wonder if I live in too much of an echo chamber. I am constantly surprised by the kind of people who are elected in this country. Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe there really are lots and lots of people who want this kind of government. I mean, look at the Wisconsin supreme court race yesterday.

People hate us passionately out there. They think Republicans are fascists Nazis who will take away abortion rights. Compared to us, corrupt, criminal-coddling Democrats are far more preferable, and that is how people are voting.

40 posted on 04/05/2023 6:41:35 AM PDT by nwrep
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