The White House punched back at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday after the progressive mayor claimed President Donald Trump neglected compensation for descendants of formerly enslaved Black Americans while favoring the wealthy.Johnson appeared on the "Native Land Pod" podcast Sunday to discuss his administration's crime-reduction efforts in Chicago, where violent crime rates have fallen sharply, according to the Johnson administration and Chicago Police Department data.Speaking with hosts Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum, Johnson argued that public safety "has to be something more than just policing," highlighting city investments in "mental behavioral healthcare, promoting detectives, and expanding and investing in CVI (community violence intervention)."REPARATIONS ACTIVISTS CALL OUT BLUE STATES FOR USING SLAVERY HISTORY TO FUND BROADER AGENDAChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and President Donald Trump have butted heads over law and order in the blue city.(Scott Olson/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)The podcast hosts turned to a recent Truth Social post by Trump targeting Illinois leadership over crime."Chicago is suffering an unprecedented and particularly violent crime wave that is getting worse by the day," Trump posted on Oct.
6."The Federal Government can extinguish it quickly and completely, but the Mayor of Chicago, or the Governor of Illinois, must ask for our help.
What is wrong with them? Why aren’t they asking? TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! President DJT."Johnson pushed back against the president’s statement, alleging Trump enriched wealthy Americans while ignoring the demands of "descendants of the formerly enslaved.""He's so sorry.It's real pathetic, right, because it's so disingenuous … This is the president who just released the largest upward transfer of wealth into the hands of the ultrarich at the expense of the demands of those of us who are descendants of the formerly enslaved," Johnson said."The largest upward tra...