Yeah, we do have illegal aliens, Mr. Mayor
Mayor Brandon Johnson is at it again, wallowing in his insurrectionist tendencies, absurdly attacking Chicago's left-wing press for being too confrontational, and imputing "racism" into everything, this time by claiming there is no such thing as an "illegal alien" in Chicago.
Johnson went on his latest rant before the press Saturday after he was asked by our kowtowing press when he might supply the federal government with his accounting of how much cash the city has spent on illegal aliens. The mayor screwed himself up with more of his faux outrage over the question.
He stepped up to the podium and with all the indignant snarling he could muster, he declared that there are no illegal aliens in Chicago.
"We don’t have illegal aliens," Johnson blathered. "I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had."
Yes, that was supposed to be a sarcastic joke. Aliens...science-fiction...get it?
Then, as he usually does, he co-opted the discussion over immigration to throw the race card for anti-black racism. "Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term, too?" he bellowed.
Johnson then climbed on his rickety old soap box to accuse the press of not treating immigrants like "human beings."
"Let’s just get the language right," the mayor snapped at the reporters before him. "We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings. The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings."
Johnson was quite pleased with himself over his little performance, so much so that he put the clip on his Instagram account and captioned it with: "This isn’t a sci-fi show. These are human beings. We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points."
The outburst was typical of Johnson's penchant for conflating anti-black racism with the immigration debate — which is usually focused on Hispanics. It's as if Johnson thinks the immigration issue is about black people, which would be a shock to his own voters who are often thrilled to see Trump trying to root out the thousands of illegals taking their jobs and government benefits and funding.
Nearly every time Johnson goes off on immigration, he attempts to push the "my people" blather — meaning African Americans — into the discussion.
In June, for instance, he claimed Trump's focus on Chicago's illegal immigrants is an example of the White House having a problem with "Black leadership." Of course, Trumps focus on immigration has nothing whatever to do with "Black leadership" of any sort.
Also in June, he blasted Donald Trump for his immigration policies and insisted that Trump is "what our country would look like had the Confederacy won," once again raising the ghosts of anti-black racism.
That anti-Trump screed is not the only time Johnson has compared the Trump administration to the Confederacy.
He disgorged the same calumny in January.
“That White House is being ran in one of the most raggedy forms of government that I’ve ever seen,” he vomited at the time. “If anybody is questioning whether or not what our country would look like had the Confederacy won, there should be no question now. They want us to be afraid. Do not be afraid, Chicago."
Johnson also absurdly claimed Trump is trying to "eliminate black existence" with his immigration policy. How Trump focusing on sending illegal aliens home is some sort of attack on black people is anyone's guess.
In May he was at it again when he claimed black racism is the reason he faces criticism of his policies, including his fealty to illegal aliens.
The upshot is Johnson's obscene pandering to Chicago's black community continues nearly every time he addresses the immigration issue, even as his policies are leaving the black community in want and disarray.
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