Richard Nixon is behind violence in Chicago.

[edjr 6,593]

 

Da Fuq

[RLLD 4,230]

What else do they have? I mean Democrats have held power for decades, and yet the situation does not improve......so have to blame whitey for it some how

[Hardcore troubadour 15,445]

He could have at least blamed Bush. 

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

You know, I had not previously thought about Nixon's role in present day Chicago violence before the Mayor brought it up.  That's why he is the Mayor and i will be working on my sprinklers and replacing a pump in my pond after cleaning the scum out.  I don't know anything ablout draining swamps, but I sure do about draining garden ponds. 

[Ron 'Tator Salad' White 120]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

He could have at least blamed Bush. 

Senior 

[squistion 2,203]

I knew this thread title had to be wrong.

https://x.com/Suntimes/status/1811206207132049633

A conservative media outlet incorrectly said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson “blames President Richard Nixon for the violence in his city" in a viral tweet.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/07/10/fact-check-viral-tweet-wrongly-claims-brandon-johnson-blamed-richard-nixon-for-chicago-violence?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-cst

Fact check: Viral tweet wrongly claims Brandon Johnson blamed Richard Nixon for Chicago violence

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But Johnson didn’t blame Nixon for violence in Chicago. The mayor’s only mention of Nixon came after reflecting on President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty.

“Black death has been unfortunately accepted in this country for a very long time,” the mayor said. “We had a chance 60 years ago to get at the root causes and people mocked President Johnson, and we ended up with Richard Nixon.”

After Johnson decided not to run again in 1968, a divided Democratic Party nominated Vice President Hubert Humphrey to lead the ticket, only to see him lose to Nixon that November.

Before his mention of Nixon, Johnson said “we didn’t get here overnight,” not blaming any single person for the city’s struggle with violence but instead pointing to poverty.

“The fact of the matter is where there is most violence, that’s where the poverty is most invasive,” Johnson said. “This is not just unique to Chicago, this is all over the planet. Where there is poverty, there is destruction and terror and torment. Now as I said, and I’ll finish with this, we gotta hold people accountable. But you know what my ultimate goal is? Is to transform this city so we cut off the pipeline of boys between the ages of 10 and 19 being either victims or the perpetrators, so yeah it is personal.”

 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,445]

Obama is from Chicago.  His library is there. Fitting. 

[seafoam1 3,031]

15 minutes ago, squistion said:

I knew this thread title had to be wrong.

https://x.com/Suntimes/status/1811206207132049633

A conservative media outlet incorrectly said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson “blames President Richard Nixon for the violence in his city" in a viral tweet.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/07/10/fact-check-viral-tweet-wrongly-claims-brandon-johnson-blamed-richard-nixon-for-chicago-violence?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-cst

Fact check: Viral tweet wrongly claims Brandon Johnson blamed Richard Nixon for Chicago violence

[...]

But Johnson didn’t blame Nixon for violence in Chicago. The mayor’s only mention of Nixon came after reflecting on President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty.

“Black death has been unfortunately accepted in this country for a very long time,” the mayor said. “We had a chance 60 years ago to get at the root causes and people mocked President Johnson, and we ended up with Richard Nixon.”

After Johnson decided not to run again in 1968, a divided Democratic Party nominated Vice President Hubert Humphrey to lead the ticket, only to see him lose to Nixon that November.

Before his mention of Nixon, Johnson said “we didn’t get here overnight,” not blaming any single person for the city’s struggle with violence but instead pointing to poverty.

“The fact of the matter is where there is most violence, that’s where the poverty is most invasive,” Johnson said. “This is not just unique to Chicago, this is all over the planet. Where there is poverty, there is destruction and terror and torment. Now as I said, and I’ll finish with this, we gotta hold people accountable. But you know what my ultimate goal is? Is to transform this city so we cut off the pipeline of boys between the ages of 10 and 19 being either victims or the perpetrators, so yeah it is personal.”

 

 

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