Mayor Johnson: We’re not accepting that in the city of Chicago, and we are challenging the people of this country to resist this administration. It’s very clear that they have not only not accepted the results of the Civil War, they want a rematch and a replay. If there was ever any doubt of what our country would look like if the Confederacy would have won. We are literally living that out. And as I said before, not only is he trying to, you know, invoke fear and intimidation across his country, he wants us to stand idley by and be silent. And we’re not gonna do that in the city of Chicago. This, the same party that was bullying and prepared to take away food, housing, education for families, that is not the sensibility of our democracy. And we have to make it very clear. You either support this Constitution in equal Protection under the law, or you do not. In the city of Chicago, we’re leading the way to ensure that everyone is protected. And we’re gonna continue to do that in the city.
Joy Reid: Uh. Some have called it a neo-Confederate movement, as you did. Just a moment ago. Mayor Brandon Johnson. Thank you very much. And up next, what does it say about the Trump administration…
When Johnson said, “We are challenging the people of this country to resist this administration,” he is talking to illegal aliens too. The Chicago Mayor has activated his forces.
Democrats were 99 percent of the slaveholders. Abraham Lincoln, who was a Republican, led the Union to victory in the Civil War. Then he was assassinated. Democrats heavily opposed Reconstruction after the Confederacy fell. Republicans do not want another Civil War.
Johnson doesn’t even realize he’s a slave to the Democrat”ic” party. If there was ever any doubt about what Chicago would look like with Brandon Johnson ‘elected’ as Mayor, we are literally living that out.