Mayor Johnson: You Would Be Hard Pressed to Find Someone in the Trump Admin That Is Qualified to Represent the American People

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JOHNSON: "Well, you would be hard pressed to find someone in the Trump Administration that is actually qualified or actually have the skill that is necessary, and the background to actually represent the interest of the American people. So when you think about the Department of Education, not qualified, when you think about health and human services, unqualified, you know, look, the bottom line is this that the people of the city of Chicago elected me to speak to their interests. And that’s why I’ve worked to put together and assemble a deeply connected administration that is not only qualified, but reflects the values of the people of Chicago. And we’re seeing the great results. Violence is down in the city of Chicago. Over 20% homicides are down, shootings are down, robberies are down. While at the same time we’re building more affordable homes. 4000 in the first two years of my administration, 8800 under construction. Right now, we’re expanding mental and behavioral health care services, and we are actually emboldening our young people through youth employment. And so there’s a direct result to the investments that we’re making and the violence that continues to go down in the city of Chicago. And that is something that we have had to disrupt decades of disinvestment. It’s unfortunate that this administration has demonstrated a great deal of animus towards the interests of working people. But we won’t be intimidated. In Chicago."