Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing significant unpopularity among residents, with a majority rating his performance as below average. Despite this, Johnson continues to preside over City Council meetings and host media availabilities. On Wednesday, the City Council was poised to defy Johnson on an ethics issue for the second consecutive month, but a parliamentary maneuver temporarily spared him. Johnson, when asked about being booed, remarked that if no one is mad at him, it means he is no longer the mayor of Chicago.
An emboldened City Council was poised Wednesday to defy Mayor Brandon Johnson for the second straight month — this time, on the issue of ethics, but a parliamentary maneuver spared the mayor, at least temporarily. https://t.co/aj15V2wsvn
Mayor Brandon Johnson when asked about getting boo'd. "If I wake up in the morning and no one is mad at me, it means that I'm no longer mayor of Chicago." https://t.co/zneU4C7Yf2
UPDATE FROM CITY HALL: Mayor Johnson hosts a media availability. #ChiCityCouncil https://t.co/4s52c0a6RN
CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Johnson presides over a meeting of the Chicago City Council. #ChiCityCouncil https://t.co/l6dXSGJtTY
A majority of Chicago residents say the work of their mayor is below average. Brandon Johnson’s unpopularity is a lesson to insurgent politicians everywhere https://t.co/MvWQHHEWY7 👇
Chicago aldermen advanced an ethics ordinance this week that would punish lobbyists for contributions to political campaigns of mayoral candidates, in another instance of the City Council moving to buck Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration. https://t.co/yUmqx8sHlU