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Anti-Trump Activist Behind Burning Cross That Sparked MAGA Blame
Daily Wire ^ | 6/16/2026 | Jacob Wheeler

Posted on 06/17/2026 11:53:26 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat

A 21-year-old leftist college student is in custody after admitting to burning a cross in Chicago’s Grant Park, saying it was a protest against the Trump administration — an act that sparked outrage from Democrats who initially called it the “seeds of racism and fascism.”

The incident first flared up on June 9. A disturbing video showed a wooden cross burning at Grant Park in Chicago. Firefighters extinguished the flames and police released photos of a “person of interest” fleeing the scene, per ABC 7.

With no suspect in custody, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential presidential contender, rushed to judgment.

“The fact that it even occurred at all speaks to what happens when the seeds of racism and fascism grow unchecked in our country,” Pritzker said, appearing to blame the arson on the political Right. “The threats are real. And in times like these, it’s easy to fall prey to despair, to think that the fight for justice is just too costly to engage in, that the mountain is too high to climb and the path is too narrow to navigate.”

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Pritzker was "just asking questions."
1 posted on 06/17/2026 11:53:26 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

More:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384163/posts

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2 posted on 06/17/2026 11:55:40 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Once again, the left shows how stupid and evil they are.


3 posted on 06/17/2026 11:56:30 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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More detail about the perp ==> https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384163/posts
4 posted on 06/17/2026 12:19:35 PM PDT by Salman (It's time to go full Pinochet before it's too late.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

And they screamed THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!!!


5 posted on 06/17/2026 12:29:20 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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Mayor Brandon Johnson is asked about the guy who set up the burning cross in Chicago:

“It’s a painful reminder of how hatred towards black Americans still permeates in our society.”


6 posted on 06/17/2026 12:30:46 PM PDT by CFW
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Johnson makes everything about race, no matter how innocuous.


7 posted on 06/17/2026 3:36:33 PM PDT by pawpawrick (I had a life once but my job ate it)
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