Chicago Will Stop Investing in US Treasury Securities to Protest ‘Authoritarian’ Trump, Treasurer Announces

“Chicagoans Do Not Want Us to Bankroll the Regime”: Treasurer Declares City Will No Longer Invest in U.S. Treasury Bonds

“It’s a bold statement, isn’t it?” Those words of  Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin hardly capture the moment. Yesterday, Conyears-Ervin declared that her office would no longer invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest what she called the “authoritarian regime” of President Donald Trump. It is more bonkers than bold. It makes about as much sense as President Trump saying that he will not eat deep-dish pizza to protest Chicago. My ho…

Chicago City Treasurer Will Refuse to Invest in U.S. Treasuries to Protest Donald Trump

Chicago Treasurer refuses to invest in U.S. Treasuries as a protest against Donald Trump.

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin vows boycott of U.S. Treasury bonds in protest of President Trump – CBS/MSN

"We will invest in the value of the residents of Chicago, and Chicagoans do not want us to bankroll the regime, the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump, where he has waged a war on our city."

Chicago treasurer vows to not buy US bonds as protest against President Donald Trump

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin announced Wednesday that she will launch a boycott against investing the city’s cash in U.S. Treasury Department securities in a protest against President Donald Trump. The boycott would start immediately, Conyears-Ervin told aldermen, as a way to push back on “the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump.” Chicago does not currently hold any such securities. But the move will “match our money to our values,”…

Chicago treasurer will no longer invest any of city's $10B portfolio in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump

City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin touched off a political firestorm Wednesday by declaring that the city's $10 billion portfolio her office controls will no longer invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest what she called the “authoritarian regime” of President Donald Trump.“Chicagoans do not want us to bankroll the regime — the authoritarian regime — of Donald Trump where he has waged a war on our city,” said Conyears-Ervin, one of thirteen …

Chicago Will Stop Investing in US Treasury Securities to Protest ‘Authoritarian’ Trump, Treasurer Announces

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin is running to represent Illinois’ 7th Congressional District and replace retiring U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis.