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   From: lincoln@failed   
      
   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 who took office last year, said during a press conference on   
   Monday.   
      
   "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."   
      
   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 who took office last year, said during a press conference on   
   Monday.   
      
   "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.   
      
   "As beautiful as Austin is, it's a neighborhood that unfortunately has been   
   neglected over the course of decades," Johnson said. "Of course, we hear   
   shots."   
      
      
      
   "Black death has been unfortunately been accepted in this country for a very   
   long time. 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. I'm   
   going to work hard every day to transform this city. That's what it takes to   
   build a better, stronger, safer Chicago."   
      
   Johnson did not elaborate further on his remarks about Nixon. His office has   
   been contacted for comment via email.   
      
   The Richard Nixon Foundation responded to Johnson's remarks on social media.   
      
   "Mayor Johnson's reference to President Nixon is gratuitous and the facts   
   are not on his side in his characterization of Richard Nixon and the Nixon   
   administration's civil rights record," the foundation wrote in a thread on   
   X, formerly Twitter, along with a list of the administration's   
   accomplishments.   
      
   Clips of Johnson's comments also went viral on X, where they received some   
   backlash.   
      
   "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," one person wrote in a post on X that received almost 2 million   
   views. "No, that is not a joke."   
      
   Johnson's comments are "a desperate distraction," another X user wrote.   
   "Leadership requires addressing present issues, not deflecting to the past."   
      
   Another person wrote that Johnson's "attempt to shift blame is just   
   disgusting. President Nixon isn't to blame for you and your Democrat   
   predecessors turning the great city of Chicago into a crime-ridden   
   s*******."   
      
   https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-mayor-richard-nixon-gun-violence-1922590   
      
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   Get rid of the niggers.   
      
   Repatriate them to Africa.   
      
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