Mayor Johnson takes aim at Rahm Emanuel, ex-mayor's 'neoliberal agenda'

Brandon Johnson Blasts Rahm Emanuel for Giving Trump ‘Script’ to Target Chicago – WTTW (Chicago)

“The playbook that Donald Trump is running is a playbook that Rahm Emanuel executed in this city,” Johnson said. “We didn’t get here because we just happened to have a tyrant in the White House. He got here because someone gave him the script. And the shutting of schools, the firing of Black women, privatizing our public education system, is why the system is as jacked up as it is today.”

Mayor Johnson takes aim at Rahm Emanuel, ex-mayor's 'neoliberal agenda'

Mayor Brandon Johnson tried Tuesday to undermine a potential political comeback by Rahm Emanuel — accusing the former two-term mayor of having devised and “executed” the anti-Black, neoliberal “playbook” that Johnson says is now being followed by President Donald Trump.A pragmatic centrist who has never backed down from a political fight, Emanuel has long been in the cross-hairs of Johnson and his fellow far-left Democrats.It started long before…

Giannoulias and Mendoza pose financial challenge to Johnson's mayoral campaign

Ever since the Watergate scandal in 1972, the phrase "follow the money" has been central to understanding political campaigns. Currently, in Chicago, financial reports are hinting at political challenges for Brandon Johnson, who faces competition from two statewide Democrats, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and Comptroller Susana Mendoza.Johnson, at the midway point of his first term, has raised nearly $300,000 in the first quarter of 2025,…