Chicago Mayor Runoff Turns Into Dem Proxy War!

The gloves are off.

Bernie Sanders is toxic to the Democratic Party.

The POLITICO has decided to get into the hotly contested runoff for Chicago mayor.

Lori Lightfoot, the incumbent mayor of America's third largest city was defeated in a non partisan primary. As expected, a Democrat will win the run off but which one?

Chicago will have a mayor. It is between two Democrats. One who supports taking on crime in the city and one who wants to reform the police with initiatives that make it easier to take on crime.

See they both want to take on crime, but Chicagoans wants results.

The Bernie Bros. are back in the business of slandering Democrats as Blue MAGA. And it appears that Brandon Johnson is taking the same "loser" playbook that cost Nina Turner, India B. Walton, Jessica Cisneros and David Esrati.

When you're down in the polls, you decide to fight dirty.

Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson are locked in a tight race. 

The run off clearly favors Vallas who is running a Democrat but acting like a Republican.

They have called him a "wolf's in sheep's clothing" and a phony Democrat. 

Johnson is banking on Vallas' criticisms of Democrats and Chicago leaders to motivate voters in April.

The comments came during a lull in Vallas’ political life, two years after losing the 2019 mayoral race and before he geared up for another bid. But they now could affect his future as he looks to run the nation’s third-largest city, where Obama remains a revered figure. And Biden’s potential endorsement in the race, along with other big-name Democrats, could end up tipping the balance.

Vallas is known for off-hand remarks. While doing the radio show, he described Democratic Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth as rubber-stamp votes for Biden, according to the Facebook Live video archives reviewed by POLITICO.

Vallas’ appearance on Morning Answer was not unusual. He has regularly aligned himself with conservative-leaning outlets and organizations, and his endorsement by the Fraternal Order of Police helped shore up his crime-fighting bona fides. Vallas also spoke at a fundraiser for Awake Illinois, a far-right organization that trafficks in transphobic and homophobic rhetoric.

The Hyde Park neighborhood, which is home to the Obamas, is the site for the Obama Presidential Center.

“Hyde Park was probably one area of the city that didn’t need a half-billion dollar investment,” Vallas said later in the show. As the program played audio of Barack Obama saying his family is working with people who care about Chicago as much as they do, Vallas is heard whispering: “that’s why they’re living in Martha’s Vineyard.”

“They are partying in Martha’s Vineyard with no masks,” he added later, a reference to pictures that had previously surfaced from the former president’s 60th birthday party where guests were seen dancing and maskless.

Obama and Biden weren’t the only Democrats to come in for criticism. When Moore claimed that Durbin and Duckworth were in lockstep with Biden, Vallas again agreed.

“Always, always ‘yes’ votes,” he said.

Vallas’ campaign dismissed the comments as simply entertaining banter. “Paul is a policy wonk, not a talk-radio host, and any commentary referenced as critical was made in jest, as often occurs on morning talk shows. Paul looks forward to working with all Democratic leaders of our state to make Chicago a safer city for families and businesses to thrive once again,” the campaign said in a statement to POLITICO.

“Paul Vallas is a lifelong Democrat, who has deep respect for his party’s current and former leaders and has worked alongside many of them over the years in advancing the values of the Democratic party,” the statement continued.

The White House declined to comment, as did a representative for Obama.

Voters will decide on who can run Chicago.

Vallas’ media appearances have been campaign fodder for opponents before. Other clips appeared in the first round of the mayor’s race and were featured in TV ads by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. And the episodes from Morning Answer were quickly turned into fodder by Johnson’s team.

“Paul Vallas is a Republican because Democrats don’t go on conservative talk radio shows and insult Joe Biden, Barack and Michelle Obama, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth,” Johnson spokesperson Bill Neidhardt said in response to an inquiry from POLITICO.

Vallas has said given the city having a rise in crime, Johnson's "defund the police" rhetoric will turn voters off. 

With Johnson having the backing of Daniel Marans, the controversial Huffpost writer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) backing Johnson, its going to be a big defeat for him. 

On the positive note: Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) backed Johnson.

The Bernie Bros. and leftists are dangerous to Democrats. They will undermine Democrats at every turn with these ridiculous purity tests. White leftists are not allies to Black voters.

Trust me, Black voters support decreasing crime in Chicago. Vallas is likely going to be Chicago's next mayor.