Left-leaning Brandon Johnson won Chicago's mayoral race, defeating conservative Democrat Paul Vallas, rejecting Vallas's 'tough-on-crime' stance, proving the success of progressive candidates.
in his victory speech Tuesday night. “I ain’t never seen a city silence a dog whistle.”
But while Johnson’s win represents a triumph for progressivism, it may not be as strong of a rebuke of supposed tough-on-crime messaging as it. The election was extremely hard fought — in last month’s election, Johnson received 20 percent of the vote, while Vallas received 34 percent. Progressives swiftly organized to support Johnson on the ground for the runoff, netting Johnson a win by a slim margin of two points.
“The scapegoating of criminalized people, migrants and unhoused folks is only going to escalate in these catastrophic times — and it will be heartbreakingly effective in many cases. We cannot underestimate the power of this tactic,” said Hayes. “We have to be realistic about the fact that a lot of people respond to a crisis, on a psychological level, by taking status quo preserving stances, or by skewing in conservative directions. We have to be honest with ourselves about the fact that this is happening to a lot of people and that it’s going to continue to happen to a lot of people.
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