Chicago’s radical leftist mayor, Brandon Johnson, is in hot water—and his response has been nothing short of unhinged. After publicly admitting to racially discriminatory hiring practices and using city contracts as a personal reparations slush fund, Johnson is now the subject of a federal investigation by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice. And instead of taking responsibility, Johnson took to MSNBC to play the victim card and lash out at President Trump and his team in a bizarre, race-obsessed tirade.
The controversy exploded after Johnson delivered a speech at Chicago’s Woodlawn Church on May 18. There, he bragged about handing out city contracts based not on merit, but race—favoring African-American recipients as part of what he described as “making up” for wealth supposedly stolen from Black communities. In other words, Mayor Johnson confessed to racially motivated discrimination in the awarding of taxpayer-funded contracts.
Let’s be clear: that’s not “equity.” It’s a blatant violation of the Civil Rights Act.
The Trump administration’s DOJ responded with an investigation—one that any honest American would welcome if our nation still believes in equality under the law. But Johnson didn’t take the scrutiny well. Just five days later, on May 23, he appeared on MSNBC with former Biden mouthpiece Jen Psaki, where he launched into a frantic and defensive rant, blaming the Trump administration for daring to hold him accountable.
“This administration is working overtime to intimidate the people of Chicago,” Johnson huffed, accusing the DOJ of targeting him purely for political reasons. In a stunning display of projection, he argued that *he* represents America, while President Trump’s administration “reflects the country club.”
Seriously?
It’s hard to square that claim with the fact that Johnson just admitted to making hiring and contracting decisions based on race. And now, he’s offended that the DOJ is enforcing the law? That’s not leadership—that’s lawlessness.
Trying to paint his administration as the victim of discrimination rather than the perpetrator, Johnson boasted, “I have a group of incredibly talented, highly qualified, diverse Chicagoans who represent my administration.” But if that were true, why brag about racial quotas and reparations-style policymaking in the first place?
He didn’t stop there. Johnson then launched a baseless attack on President Trump’s team, claiming, “You would be hard-pressed to find someone in the Trump administration that is actually qualified.” That’s rich coming from a mayor whose city is drowning in crime, corruption, and out-of-control spending—all under his “diverse” but apparently ineffective leadership.
And while Johnson rails about “the interests of working people,” it’s his own citizens—especially law-abiding Black and Latino families—who suffer most when merit is replaced with identity politics.
At the end of the day, this isn’t about race. It’s about the rule of law. It’s about whether politicians like Brandon Johnson get to use taxpayer money to play favorites and push their far-left agenda, or whether all Americans—regardless of skin color—are treated equally.
The Trump DOJ has made its answer clear: no one is above the law, not even progressive mayors running America’s most broken cities.
