Chicago Mayor Melts Down Over Term ‘Illegal Alien’: ‘Racist, Nasty Language’
by David Lindfield
Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson exploded at a reporter Saturday after being asked about the city’s reporting on illegal aliens, the ordinary legal term for people in the country unlawfully.
Johnson proceeded to call the phrase “nasty” and “racist.”
When a reporter asked about a promised submission to the White House detailing Chicago’s spending related to people in the country unlawfully, Johnson barked:
“We don’t have illegal aliens.
“I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had,” the mayor added, misrepresenting the meaning of the word “alien.”
Pressed that the reporter was using a legal, factual term, Johnson pivoted to an analogy to slavery:
“Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves.
“You want me to use that term, too?”
He then misleadingly insisted officials use the phrase “undocumented individuals.”
The mayor declared he wouldn’t “accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.”
Johnson later posted the clip to Instagram and wrote, “This isn’t a sci-fi show.
“These are human beings.
“We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points.”