America's 'most hated mayor' is blasted by fuming residents over radical policy

Angry Chicago residents blasted Mayor Brandon Johnson's projected $300 cardinal spot taxation hike arsenic a mode to screen costs of dealing with migrants that person flooded the metropolis implicit the past year.

A heated metropolis assembly gathering culminated successful a unanimous rejection of the program aft locals expressed their fury successful vicious outbursts astatine the politician successful .

The furious residents accused Johnson, who has been branded the country's 'most hated mayor,' of prioritizing undocumented immigrants implicit the city's ain citizens and resent paying much successful spot taxes.

In the spring, Johnson unveiled that helium was seeking $70 cardinal of payer wealth to assistance immoderate 38,000 migrants that person flooded the city.

The $70 cardinal would adhd to the $150 cardinal already acceptable speech successful the 2024 fund for the effect to woody with the migrant problem. 

At the time, Johnson briefed metropolis assembly members connected plans successful April to propulsion done the funds to support the city's effect to helping migrants afloat. 

The wealth would beryllium utilized to assistance provender and house each of the migrants that person been brought to Chicago and its suburbs successful the past 18 months. 

But present appears tensions person reached boiling constituent arsenic Johnson present wants an other $300 cardinal with nary of the proceeds seemingly going to Chicagoans.

Among the astir vocal critics was Tyjuan Sims, who confronted Johnson directly, accusing him of neglecting Chicagoans portion offering extortion to undocumented migrants. 

Johnson wants to hike spot taxed with little than 2 months earlier the metropolis has to walk a caller budget. 

'The feds request to code you! The DOJ needs to code you! And hopefully Donald Trump volition code you,' Sims states arsenic his dependable bellowed passim the chamber. 

'You're gonna support the undocumented, portion you're gonna let for the citizens successful Chicago to endure nether your, what? Three percent?'

The projected taxation hike would rise homeowners' spot taxes by up to 4 percent and comes arsenic Chicago grapples with a astir $1 cardinal fund deficit. 

All 50 City Council members person voted against the taxation increase.

Johnson has defended the measure, arguing its necessity to debar layoffs of captious metropolis workers, including constabulary officers and firefighters. But his mentation did small to calm the crowd.

Residents, galore sporting MAGA gear, seized the accidental to explicit their contempt for Johnson's policies, which they presumption arsenic overly lenient towards the city's ever-growing migrant population. 

Another resident, Dennis White, wearing a achromatic MAGA hat, taunted the mayor.

'How does it consciousness that Trump is successful bureau close now?' White asked arsenic helium warned of a displacement successful metropolis politics. 

'You see, Mayor Brandon Johnson, you underestimate us. You underestimate the achromatic radical and underestimate Chicago red. 

'We are a thorn successful your side. If you don't halt what you're doing, we're going to instrumentality substance into our ain hands. Illinois is turning purple. We gonna crook red. 

'You cognize that Trump had pulled 45 percent of the elector successful the authorities of Illinois, 37 percent successful Chicago. That's the statistic. That means that Illinois is turning purple. We gonna crook red.' 

Jessica Jackson, dressed successful red, likened Johnson to a 'schoolyard bully' and issued a stark warning: 'Those of america who grew up connected the southbound broadside and westbound broadside of Chicago, we each cognize astatine immoderate constituent that bully gets cornered successful an alley and everybody travel astatine him. And helium ain't gonna person cipher to assistance him. That's you!

'So you and the remainder of 'em that cognize what clip it is, y'all travel on. You permission that nonaccomplishment wherever helium is. He's a loser! He's a loser!' 

Another resident, Mrs. Lawrence, who was wearing a 'Make America Godly Again' shirt, took purpose astatine Johnson's debased support ratings. 

'14 percent standing is what you look to have, Brandon Johnson,' she said, referencing a caller poll. 

'What astir our existent estate? Because, see, we paid for these properties for a intent and not for you to spell touchin' it with $300 cardinal that you privation to syphon retired of the citizens' pockets,' Lawrence said, criticizing the taxation hike.

'Get escaped of the illegals! And that volition instrumentality your wealth close back. Start it disconnected with that!', she yelled.

Although the City Council's unanimous ballot against the taxation hike is mostly symbolic, it sends a wide connection to Johnson arsenic helium navigates hard fund negotiations. 

Residents are continuing to dependable their disapproval and demanding that metropolis enactment absorption connected their needs first.