38 shot. Eight dead. $640 million. Keep that order.
Brandon Johnson Will Seek Second Term as Mayor of Homicide-Plagued Chicago
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Eight dead on Labor Day weekend. The mayor filmed four more years.
Summary
- Breitbart reports Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, 50, told the New York Times on Sunday he will seek a second term and will double down on his progressive agenda. He posted a four-more-years video the same day.
- Over Labor Day weekend, 38 people were shot in Chicago and eight died. The last weekend of August recorded 40 shot and two dead.
- For the 12 months before September 4, ABC7's Neighborhood Safety Tracker counted 435 homicides. The city averaged eight homicides a week, down from ten in 2019. Chicago still leads the country in total bodies even when some smaller cities post higher rates.
- Johnson issued an ICE On Notice order directing Chicago police to investigate federal immigration agents. City records show he spent nearly $640 million over two years on illegal-alien care instead of the public schools. The nonpartisan election is February 2027.
Commentary
A South Side dad still hears a siren bounce off brick and knows a weekend is supposed to be a grill, not a body count. He did not pay the levy so a campaign office could film four more years over 38 gunshot files.
Labor Day: 38 shot, eight dead. August's last weekend: 40 shot. $640 million for illegal-alien care. The honest household already paid the school. The vinyl waiting chair at the ER still sticks.
Look every working father who still walks a kid past a boarded lot in the eye and answer this: if the mayor can investigate ICE and still ask for four more years, who still owns the next Saturday night on that block?
Comments
I stood a line so a city still meant a street you could walk. A slogan is not a patrol.
435 homicides. ICE On Notice. February 2027. Print the three.
Allied cities still treat a weekend body file as a mayor's job, not a video.
Giannoulias. Quigley. Mendoza. Challengers are already on the docket.
I still clock a dock at 2 a.m. I want the next weekend quieter than a campaign clip.
A four-more-years reel over eight funerals is not leadership. It is a warning the street already paid.
A sanctuary order against ICE is a second border around a homicide desk. The first statute should have been enough.
Breitbart printed Labor Day, 435, and the $640 million. Argue those nouns.
End the ICE hunt. Put the cash on the schools. A campaign video is not a body count.