{"id":2024873,"date":"2023-09-07T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-blames-criticism-on-racism-as-city-faces-crime-migrant-crisis\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:30:25","slug":"chicago-mayor-blames-criticism-on-racism-as-city-faces-crime-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-blames-criticism-on-racism-as-city-faces-crime-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor attributes criticism to racism amidst crime and migrant crisis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayor-blames-criticism-on-racism-as-city-faces-crime-migrant-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Chicago Mayor \u2064Blames Racism \u200dfor Criticism of\u2064 His Administration<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <em>(Photo\u200c by Alex Wroblewski\/Getty\u2062 Images)<\/em><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Democratic Chicago mayor\u2063 Brandon Johnson this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-blames-criticism-on-racism-as-city-faces-crime-migrant-crisis\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor attributes criticism to racism amidst crime and migrant crisis.\">week\u200b blamed racism<\/a> for criticism of the job he&#8217;s done in\u200d the first months of\u2063 his administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a different standard that I\u2019m held to. There is,&#8221; \u200dJohnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/politics\/ct-mayor-johnson-critique-push-back-20230906-srvjvq5ambeahjmfgp4kybiofu-story.html\">said<\/a> \u200b Tuesday, according\u200c to the <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>. \u2063&#8221;And that\u2019s \u2063not something that I\u2019m mad at, but \u2063that\u2019s just the reality. I\u2019m not the first person\u2062 of color, particularly a Black man, that will be held to a \u2064different standard than other administrations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson objected to coverage describing a &#8220;slow&#8221; start to his\u200b administration, which has been marred by a surge in crime and a migrant housing crisis, calling such observations &#8220;microaggressions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You all read the press. I don\u2019t. But you all look at these dynamics,&#8221; Johnson \u200bsaid. &#8220;You\u2064 all \u2063know how there\u2019s been a certain, particular coverage of me, right? Think about it. You know, there\u2019s coverage of \u200bme \u200bbeing slow, right? These are microaggressions, that if you don\u2019t have the lens of those who \u2063have\u2063 lived through these experiences, you would just\u200b miss it. You would, because the\u2064 same\u2014some of the\u2064 folks who would call me slow, do you \u200cunderstand what that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-broadcasting-corporation-warns-rethink-using-offensive-terms-like-brainstorm-blind-spot\/\" title=\"Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Warns: \u2018Rethink\u2019 Using \u2018Offensive\u2019 Terms Like \u2018Brainstorm,\u2019 \u2018Blind Spot\u2019\">term means<\/a>? Particularly [toward] the Black community. So you have these\u2063 forces that perpetuate a particular view\u200c of Blackness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Johnson has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-u-s-attorneys-office-probing-n-y-nursing-home-death-scandal\/\" title=\"FBI, U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office probing N.Y. nursing home death scandal\">deflected blame<\/a> for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-cares-trump-quits-screen-actors-guild-after-they-threaten-disciplinary-action\/\" title=\"\u2018Who Cares!\u2019: Trump Quits Screen Actor\u2019s Guild After They Threaten \u2018Disciplinary\u2019 Action\">policy failures<\/a>. Last month, the city of Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chicago-sues-automakers-for-car-theft-spike\/\">sued<\/a> automakers Kia and Hyundai because thieves can more easily break into the\u2062 manufacturers&#8217; \u2063vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s administration, which began in May, has been marred by violence, with crime in the city increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/crime-spikes-38-in-chicago-during-brandon-johnsons-first-month-in-office\">38 percent<\/a> over his first month in office. One Democratic alderwoman, Maria Hadden, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chicago-democrat-asks-gang-members-to-limit-shootings-to-nighttime\/\">asked<\/a> gang members last\u200b month not to shoot each other between \u2062the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m in order to reduce the risk of innocent bystanders being\u2064 hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The city is also facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-banning-public-schools-from-sheltering-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Bill banning public schools from sheltering illegal immigrants passed by House.\">migrant \u2064crisis<\/a> \u2063as Republican\u2062 officials have bused migrants to Chicago, which Johnson has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2023\/may\/MayorBrandonJohnsonSignsFirstExecutiveOrders.html\">advertised<\/a> as a\u200b &#8220;sanctuary city.&#8221; One aide to the mayor last month <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/chicago-dem-predicts-citys-migrant-crisis-will-intensify-ahead-of-democratic-convention\/\">predicted<\/a> the crisis will worsen ahead\u200b of the 2024 Democratic National Convention next August, \u200cwhich will take place in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We \u200chave to\u2062 plan for the increase. They\u2019re \u200dgonna do everything they can because this\u2064 is all political, and they want to make the case that Democratic-led cities are not capable of living up to the values that we have,&#8221; the aide, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson attributed criticism of his early administration to racism. He acknowledged being held to a different standard and expressed his frustration with it. 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