Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke Saturday for the first time in response to Donald Trump’s plans to ramp up deportation operations in Chicago, and delivered a diatribe filled with left-wing talking points but little else.
The self-described “progressive” Democrat mayor appeared on CNN host Victor Blackwell’s “First of All” podcast on Saturday, but despite being asked over and over about whether or not he would block Trump’s deportation efforts, Johnson refused to answer and instead spewed a constant stream of anti-Trump talking points and liberal doggerel.
Blackwell opened his podcast asking the mayor, “Let’s start here your reaction to Homan saying he’s going to come after you if you stand in his way.”
“Well, you know, unfortunately — first of all, good morning and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to the people of the…