Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared to suggest President Richard Nixon was to blame for the city's pervasive gun violence problem. More than 100 people were injured in shootings in Chicago, at least 19 of them fatally, over the Fourth of July weekend, when there is often a spike in gun violence. "We are standing here today talking about a violent weekend because of generations of disinvestment and deep disenfranchisement in the exact communities where so much of the violence has taken place," Johnson, a Democrat , said during a press conference on Monday.
Over 100 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, including 18 fatally. Mayor Brandon Johnson blamed it on Richard Nixon in his press conference today. No, that is not a joke.
"We are here to say emphatically that this is enough," he said. "It's enough. When this reckless violence ravages across our city at this magnitude, we are losing a piece of the soul of Chicago.
" During the press conference, Johnson said he has taken steps to ensure Chicago is receiving enough federal resources. And he urged federal authorities to respond to mass shootings in Chicago "just like they do in other places in this country." Later, a reporter asked Johnson if he had heard any gunfire from the 10 shootings that took place over the long weekend in the neighborhood on the city's West Side where the mayor and his family live.
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