(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) The Chicago Tribune posted a piece congratulating radical, leftist Democrat Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on his new appointment, but reprimanded the new mayor for failing to recognize Barack Obama in his acceptance speech.
In the editorial, the Chicago paper praised “Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson” for his appointment as the 57th mayor of Chicago, celebrating the event as a “City Hall first for most Chicagoans.”
Still on the praises, the editorial board called Johnson an “inspiring orator” with impressive stage charisma that “many of Johnson’s predecessors in the office have lacked.”
Fox News reported that the Tribune quickly noted ‘lapses’ in Johnson’s “eloquent speech” as a supposedly important mention did not make it into his spiel.
“He found a place for God, but not, strikingly, for Barack Obama, inarguably the most important leader this city ever has produced,” the editorial board wrote. “The omission was telling, a reminder that the progressive movement of which Johnson now is a Midwest standard-bearer, feels ambivalent about the former Chicago community organizer and his more pragmatic legacy.”
Recalling Obama’s rise to power, the editorial board added, “The city, and the nation, have traveled far away from 2004, when Obama delivered the unforgettable keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in front of 9 million viewers and began his meteoric rise.”
Returning to more recent events, the Tribune pointed to Johnson securing his triumph by falling in line with the Chicago Teachers Union, which put in more work to ensure that he got the victory they think he deserves.
“His sense of his own place in history is a significant part of why he will become mayor of a great American city atop what is likely to be the most progressive administration in its history,” the Tribune added.
Johnson wasted little time trying to flex his “progressive” chops, demanding that illegal immigrants be given the right to vote in local elections, and spending upwards of $1 billion to build permanent housing for illegals.
