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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson must be suffering from low approval ratings because he is pushing for reparations again. This time, it’s not over slavery but about people from parts of the city that were subjected to ICE raids.

Of course, there is absolutely no money for this. The city of Chicago is broke, but Johnson has no intention of ever actually delivering on this anyway.

Johnson is simply trying to curry favor with an electorate which can’t stand him.

Townhall reports:

The city of Chicago is billions of dollars in debt, including $36 billion in pension debt. The Chicago Public School district also has a budget deficit of more than $700 million. Despite these very dire fiscal parameters, Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to spend more taxpayer money to give reparations to areas where ICE conducted immigration enforcement raids.

“I believe the most relevant ballot referendum question around receiving reparations for communities that experienced that hardship, and whether that was on the west side of Chicago or the black man being placed in an illegal chokehold or long guns being stuck into the faces of women and children, zip-tied and thrown into vehicles. Kidnapped, shot at. I mean, police officers, tear gas, right?” Johnson said. “So the updated policy in the spirit of my executive order, there’s greater alignment to create a pathway to accountability.”

Watch the video below:

Chicago Mayor Johnson suggests they will be giving REPARATIONS to areas with ICE raids pic.twitter.com/ncgW3Hayn0

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 22, 2026

Again, this has more to do with poll numbers than anything else. Brandon Johnson is not popular, at all.

NEW POLL: Just 13.6% of Chicagoans say they would like to see Mayor Brandon Johnson run for re-election (57% would not).

The mayor’s approval rating is 23% (54% disapprove).

Among Black Chicagoans: Just 12.9% want Johnson to run for re-election (60%+ do not).

Source:… https://t.co/beZJX2dGAT pic.twitter.com/ByCY3RwPtM

— Austin Berg (@Austin__Berg) July 15, 2026

It’s just amazing that the city finally got rid of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and ended up with someone even worse.

Mike LaChance Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.

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