The Morning Briefing: No Pity for Sanctuary Cities That Are Forced to Put Up or Shut Up By Stephen Kruiser
We have discussed many times the fact that, whenever one awful Democrat is removed from power, a worse one will step in and fill the void. The current prime example of that is the city of Chicago, which gave commie mayor Lori Lightfoot the boot after one term, only to replace her with Brandon Johnson, a teachers’ union puppet.
Johnson is now having to deal with what the Dems like to call a migrant problem. I’m an old-fashioned guy who has spent his life living in border states so I would refer to it as an illegal alien problem.
Catherine has the details of the latest from the Windy City:
In the latest example of how Democrats care more about illegal aliens breaking America’s laws than about American citizens, the Chicago City Council just approved $51 million in aid to illegal migrants, a sum expected to last for a single month. And the residents of the city are not happy, to put it mildly.
The new funding is on top of $102 million already spent on migrants since January, Fox32 Chicago reported. Aldermen voted 34-13 to pass the new funding Wednesday, and Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a statement, “Chicago is facing a humanitarian crisis as individuals and families continue to be sent here and other Democratic-led cities across the country without regard for their well-being.” Chicago is a sanctuary city but seemed surprised when expected to behave as a sanctuary city.
Catherine’s last point about actually having to be a sanctuary city is one that Kevin and I brought up in an episode of “Unwoke” that was all about Democrats hating it when they have to deal with their own policies. It’s easy for a deep blue city more than a thousand miles away from the Mexican border to proudly proclaim that it’s a sanctuary city, all the while assuming that it won’t have to provide sanctuary. Democrats like to think they live in a world free of consequences. Chicago and New York City have become rather consequence-laden in the illegal alien department lately.
More from Catherine’s post:
Some Chicago groups want answers on why city neighborhoods are neglected while the city funnels more money to resources for illegals, Fox32 noted. Crime spiked 41% last year in Chicago, and the city continues to be a hotspot for murders, according to the Washington Examiner. Homelessness, 0% math and reading proficiency in some schools, and the flight of businesses are also problems facing Chicago, the outlet explained. Now there are 10,000 or more migrants who have arrived in Chicago since last year, many bused from Texas to the sanctuary city. One Chicago hotel has even closed to the public for now so it can house migrants.
The vast majority of Democrat policy makers who are full-throated advocates for open borders have never had to come face-to-face with the unmanageable problems they create. Their constituents haven’t either. Many are getting their first taste of that now. Not much of one — these busloads aren’t filled with cartel people — but a taste nonetheless.
The legal, less well-to-do citizens of Chicago are now getting an even bigger taste of how disastrous all Democrat policies are for them. They’ll keep voting for these idiots though.
Maybe someday they’ll figure out the consequences thing.
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