Trump supporters rip Chicago mayor to his face just before City Council rejects his tax hike

Ahead of a Chicago City Council ballot unanimously rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s projected $300 cardinal spot taxation hike, section residents addressed the assembly and the mayor, criticizing Johnson to his look implicit trying to rise taxes portion catering to amerciable immigrants.

Among these angry locals were respective supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, who, portion wearing MAGA gear, gloated astir however Trump’s triumph means Johnson’s wide policies – peculiarly those assisting amerciable immigrants – volition look a reckoning. 

"The feds request to code you! The DOJ needs to code you! And hopefully Donald Trump volition code you, due to the fact that you’re gonna support the undocumented, portion you’re gonna let for the citizens successful Chicago endure nether your, what? Three percent?" Chicago nonmigratory Tyjuan Sims told the politician connected Thursday night.

Clips of the assembly gathering can beryllium viewed here. 

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Chicago residents ripped Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to his look during a caller City Council gathering convened to ballot connected his caller spot taxation hike proposal. (Reuters/Vincent Alban)

Chicago residents person been aggravated with Johnson and different metropolis officials for immoderate clip now, particularly implicit policies allocating payer wealth to payment amerciable immigrants that person flooded the metropolis successful caller years.

Locals blistered the Chicago City Council astatine a meeting successful February aft metropolis and authorities officials had approved hundreds of millions of payer dollars to feed, clothe and location much than 35,000 migrants who person been transported to Chicago and its suburbs successful anterior year-and-a-half.

"They're junking up our country. And yeah, we consciousness immoderate benignant of mode astir it due to the fact that it's our country," 1 Chicago nonmigratory said astatine the time. "We're going to get them retired of our communities due to the fact that they don't merit to beryllium there." 

The City Council convened the peculiar gathering this week to ballot connected Johnson’s spot taxation hike connection with little than 2 months earlier the metropolis has to walk a caller metropolis budget. In a historical repudiation, each 50 City Council members voted against Johnson’s $300 cardinal taxation hike that would person accrued Chicago homeowners’ expenses by up to 4 percent. 

The Chicago Sun-Times noted, however, "The unanimous ballot was mostly symbolic. Negotiations to trim oregon destruct the spot taxation summation and regenerate it with a premix of caller gross and reprogrammed national pandemic alleviation funds began past weekend."

As Illinois outlet "The Center Square" reported, Johnson "said the spot taxation hike was indispensable to debar laying disconnected metropolis workers similar constabulary officers and firefighters arsenic Chicago faces a astir $1 cardinal fund gap."

Prior to the vote, the Council allowed locals to code the metropolis government, including the mayor, who presided implicit the meeting. Several frustrated Chicagoans took retired their choler connected the politician and shared their restitution that the metropolis was becoming redder.

Resident Dennis White stepped up to the mic wearing a achromatic MAGA chapeau with reddish letters and asked the chamber, "How does it consciousness that Trump is successful office close now?"

"You see, Mayor Brandon Johnson, you underestimate us. You underestimate the Black radical and underestimate Chicago red," helium continued, referencing Republicans successful the city. "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," helium warned.

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"You’re conscionable similar a schoolyard bully," Jessica Jackson told Johnson. Wearing an all-red outfit, she blistered the mayor, adding, "But 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 suffer wherever helium is. He’s a loser! He’s a loser!"

Another section who marked herself down arsenic Mrs. Lawrence for her comments, trashed the politician portion wearing a reddish garment which stated, "Make America Godly Again." She brought up Johnson’s caller support numbers from Change Research showing him astatine a woeful 14 percent support rating.

"14 percent standing is what you look to have, Brandon Johnson – crossed the United States – connected however they spot you. 14 percent rating."

She blasted him for the taxation hike proposal. "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." She past yelled into the mic, "Get escaped of the illegals! And that volition instrumentality your wealth close back. Start it disconnected with that!"  

The mayor's bureau did not instantly reply to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

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