Chicago mayor compares viewpoint of those who disagree with him about school spending to slavery

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, connected Monday, compared the viewpoint of his critics who reason schoolhouse spending to that of the confederacy erstwhile it came to freeing slaves.

"When our radical wanted to beryllium liberated and emancipated successful this country, the statement was, ‘you can’t escaped Black radical due to the fact that it would beryllium excessively expensive,’" Johnson said. "They said it would beryllium fiscally irresponsible for this state to liberate Black people."

During a property league astatine a South Side religion connected Monday, Johnson touted that erstwhile helium ran for mayor, helium promised to alteration the city’s nationalist education system.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a question during a quality league wherever helium introduced six of his nominees to the Chicago Board of Education connected Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, successful Chicago.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

"I’m a antheral of my word, and that means bold enactment successful a infinitesimal that doesn’t nibble astir the edges and look for incremental gain," helium said. "Our radical successful this metropolis are bushed of governmental leaders that privation the presumption quo to nibble astir the edges, and past erstwhile children don’t get what they deserve, they blasted the precise communities that they’ve divested in. Not connected my watch."

Johnson said the presumption quo and mistakes of the past that near students down are not going to continue.

"And past the alleged experts, the alleged fiscally liable stewards are making the aforesaid argument. When our radical wanted to beryllium liberated and emancipated successful this country, the statement was, ‘you can’t escaped Black radical due to the fact that it would beryllium excessively expensive,’" Johnson said. "They said it would beryllium fiscally irresponsible for this state to liberate Black people.

"And present you person detractors making the aforesaid statement of the confederacy erstwhile it comes to nationalist acquisition successful this system," helium added. "These are the radical who bundle these gimmicks, lied to our people, stole wealth from our people, garbage to wage into the pension system, near the taxpayers with the bill, and for maine to hole it."

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson compared the viewpoint of those who disagree with him astir schoolhouse spending to slavery. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Johnson vowed to physique a world-class schoolhouse territory alternatively than permission students down and occurrence teachers and staff.

"The metropolis leaders person agelong resisted investing successful our children. I americium nary longer going to judge the presumption quo," helium said. "We person schools close present who bash not person dollars for buses to instrumentality their kids to sporting events. We person a strategy close present that can't adequately autobus children to the precise spaces that they accidental they judge in, and truthful that is wherefore I was elected to combat and fight."

During the property conference, Johnson introduced six caller nominees for the schoolhouse board, noting helium would sanction a seventh astatine a aboriginal date.

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A radical of residents disrupt a quality league arsenic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced six of his nominees to the Chicago Board of Education connected Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, successful Chicago.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The politician referred to his six caller schoolhouse committee nominees arsenic members, though helium said they are inactive being vetted arsenic a formality. Once the vetting is complete, Johnson’s nominees could stay connected the committee erstwhile it triples successful size successful January and changes to much of a hybrid exemplary that includes 11 mayoral appointees and 10 elected members.

"I’m assured that these caller candidates volition enactment to pb CPS into the world-class schoolhouse strategy that our children deserve," Johnson said, referring to Chicago Public Schools. "I volition proceed to nominate Chicagoans who are dedicated to gathering the needs of our students."

Johnson has tried to oust the district’s CEO, Pedro Martinez, who was named to his presumption successful 2021 by Johnson’s predecessor, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

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As a erstwhile Chicago Teachers Union organizer, Johnson has clashed with Martinez implicit the champion mode to adjacent gaps successful the district’s astir $10 cardinal budget. Martinez has refused to resign from his post, saying the territory needs stability.

On Friday, each 7 committee members announced they would resign from their posts by the extremity of the month.

Johnson handpicked each the outgoing members successful 2023, conscionable months aft helium took office.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.