Mayor Brandon Johnson Says Trump Should Invest in the People of Chicago, Not Deploy Nat’l Guard

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JOHNSON: “This president is not serious about making sure that the city of Chicago and cities across America, like Baltimore, like Birmingham, like Oakland, like Milwaukee — if he was serious about investing in the people in this country, he would invest in the programs that the federal government has taken away from us. Do the things that work, get off of the backs of working people, and instead of ensuring that the largest upward transfer of wealth going into the hands of corporations at the expense of health care, housing, transportation, good-paying jobs, and health care. If he was serious about restoring protections —”
BOLDUAN: “Mayor —”
JOHNSON: “— for working people across this country, he would invest in the people of Chicago. That’s what I’m doing in the city of Chicago. That’s what the federal government can do for the city of Chicago.”