Democrats place big bet on Mayor-elect
Brandon Johnson by tapping Chicago for
’24 convention
Chigaco Tribune,
by
John Byrne
&
Rick Pearson
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
4/16/2023 10:30:27 AM
Democrats, led by President Joe Biden, are making a big bet on Brandon Johnson.
They’re betting the Chicago that delegates and reporters pour into for their national presidential nominating convention in August 2024 will be helmed by a progressive, labor-friendly mayor whose policies are making the city a better place.They’re betting Johnson can help them tell a multicultural, multigenerational Democratic story that their geriatric presidential nominee can use as a springboard to energize young voters and win four more years in the White House.
And they’re betting their made-for-TV bash will go off without a hitch in a city that has a spotty record throwing these shindigs and a national reputation
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 4/16/2023 10:35:20 AM (No. 1449093)
Dems just LOVE Commies.
19 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 4/16/2023 10:52:45 AM (No. 1449108)
Should be quite a spectacle.
22 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
privateer 4/16/2023 11:02:20 AM (No. 1449115)
Commiecrat plan: when you hit bottom; start digging.
21 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Cindiana 4/16/2023 11:07:02 AM (No. 1449119)
Have they started putting the electrified fencing in yet?
19 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
reefdiver 4/16/2023 11:24:47 AM (No. 1449134)
"...progressive, labor-friendly mayor whose policies are making the city a better place." Crime and corruption make for a better place? New slogan for the 2024 election.
14 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 4/16/2023 11:26:57 AM (No. 1449136)
A gang of youts tried breaking into The Art Institute last night. Quite the spectacle from what I saw online. I can only imagine what Chicago will devolve into by the time the convention happens. Not my monkey, not my circus.
27 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 4/16/2023 12:09:18 PM (No. 1449168)
Does reality even matter to Dems? Brandon will give a Rabble-Rousing speech about the evils of private industry and the poor, downtrodden criminals in Chicago. Dems will applaud wildly.
11 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/16/2023 12:20:26 PM (No. 1449179)
I am glad Democrats chose Chicago. It highlights they are procrime and communists.
19 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/16/2023 12:27:51 PM (No. 1449185)
Hmmm, all the Commies in the same place at the same time, What could Possibly go WORNG?
12 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
qr4j 4/16/2023 12:53:23 PM (No. 1449211)
It’s a bad wager. That said, the IL guv will come out looking fresh as paint. He’s a dirty crook like so many IL pols are.
8 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
kono 4/16/2023 1:02:30 PM (No. 1449217)
Looks like a weak effort to turn "Let's Go Brandon" into a chant of support. For me it will always mean the same as FJB, no matter what people on the Left say or do.
8 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 4/16/2023 1:17:35 PM (No. 1449229)
Pritzker probably offered to pick up the tab for the whole thing and buy his nomination for president. That's how he became, and remains, governor. His money, his family, and their direct connection to Obama's shadow administration, explains why he won when he's hated by everyone.
12 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
LtE126 4/16/2023 1:31:56 PM (No. 1449242)
Well, we have 11 murders so far this weekend and two nights of rioting...so there's that.
17 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
RobertJ984 4/16/2023 2:12:01 PM (No. 1449260)
Lets go Brandon II
6 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Pete Stone 4/16/2023 3:08:27 PM (No. 1449286)
Let's hope they get riots like the ones at the Chicago Democrat convention in 1968 (which torpedoed Humphrey's chances).
8 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Luandir 4/16/2023 3:19:05 PM (No. 1449295)
I hope we can still get popcorn by next summer.
4 people like this.
For this foolish, wishful thinking, eveybody point and laugh at Dems and Chicago.
3 people like this.
Their convention in Chicago in 1968 worked out so well for them that they want to do it again...
6 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 4/16/2023 4:02:41 PM (No. 1449309)
Not a good decision. Lots of trouble ahead.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 4/16/2023 4:36:39 PM (No. 1449320)
Have you noticed how poorly BOTH the Democrats and Republicans have chosen the cities for their conventions for most of the past few decades?
6 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 4/16/2023 5:02:23 PM (No. 1449327)
Say hello to the next black president?
2 people like this.
After this just past Saturday night in Chicago---- mayhem, rioting, and destruction at the hands of "teens"--- mebbee the Dems would want to reconsider their choice for a convention site.
Toldja.
1 person likes this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/17/2023 12:45:25 AM (No. 1449497)
Imagine thinking you had died and gone to Hell, when it was only just the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Whew. Drop and give us 100 Our Fathers!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
bobn.t 4/17/2023 12:59:20 AM (No. 1449504)
And unknown numbers will be robbed and shot.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Toodles3956 4/17/2023 8:53:23 AM (No. 1449699)
Dejavue!
This is Dan Rather "on the convention floor".
Walter: "Dan, Dan"
Dan: Walter, Walter". It was great fun.
1 person likes this.
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