Dem mayor blasted for 'ridiculously' blaming deceased GOP president for deadly July 4 weekend gun violence

[RicoSuave102954]

Totally ignorant Mayor of Chicago needs to accept responsibility for the deaths, the blood is on his hands not Richard Nixons.

The Richard Nixon Foundation, and many conservatives on social media, are firing back at Chicago’s Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson after he seemingly placed partial blame on former President Richard Nixon, who died 30 years ago, for Chicago’s weekend of gun violence.

"What we’ve experienced over the weekend is unacceptable and we didn’t get here overnight. And everyone knows that. Let’s tell the full story of what happened," Johnson said during a Monday press conference after 19 were killed and over 100 were injured by shootings in Chicago over the weekend.

The Richard Nixon Foundation, and many conservatives on social media, are firing back at Chicago’s Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson after he seemingly placed partial blame on former President Richard Nixon, who died 30 years ago, for Chicago’s weekend of gun violence.

"What we’ve experienced over the weekend is unacceptable and we didn’t get here overnight. And everyone knows that. Let’s tell the full story of what happened," Johnson said during a Monday press conference after 19 were killed and over 100 were injured by shootings in Chicago over the weekend.

"Black death has 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."

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, pushed back on the mayor's claim.

Richard Nixon was a champion of civil rights as Vice President and as President," Byron said about Nixon, who died in 1994. "The record is clear."

Byron continued, "What is happening in Chicago is heartbreaking, and I imagine the people of Chicago want leaders who take responsibility and work together to solve problems rather than try and pass the blame, in this case ridiculously and gratuitously."

Byron was referring to a social media post on Monday from the foundation responding to a clip of Johnson's comments posted by conservative digital strategist Greg Price.

"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 Nixon Foundation posted on X.

The text thread went on to point out the various moves the Nixon administration took to promote civil rights, including desegregating schools, civil rights funding, an executive order "calling on federal government agencies to apply equal-opportunity policies to every aspect of federal personnel policies and practices," and support for Black-owned businesses.

"Long before first black president, Nixon forged strong civil rights legacy," the headline for a blog post from the foundation read.

Johnson’s comment also drew strong criticism from conservatives on social media.

"There were 109 shootings in Chicago this past weekend, so, of course, the Mayor blames RICHARD NIXON," comedian Tim Young posted on X. "You can't make this stuff up."

"The last Republican mayor of Chicago was elected in 1915," conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller posted on X. "Nixon was two years old."

"It was a short drive from ‘defund the police’ to ‘no cash bail’ to ‘I blame Richard Nixon,’" conservative commentator David Burge posted on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to Mayor Johnson’s office for comment but did not receive a response.

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[zappaa]

Citizens in Chicago get what they vote for.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

"There were 109 shootings in Chicago this past weekend, so, of course, the Mayor blames RICHARD NIXON," comedian Tim Young posted on X. "You can't make this stuff up."

"The last Republican mayor of Chicago was elected in 1915," conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller posted on X. "Nixon was two years old."

 

[Roncuba55]

Always some one else's fault...

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

Give them more guns and let them gun each other down. Once they take care of each other and a major drain on our economy, send people in to take away the guns and put some rules into place.

 

[dgordo]

Brandon Johnson is a total Moran and completely unqualified to be mayor but this isn’t his fault.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Brandon Johnson is a total Moran and completely unqualified to be mayor but this isn’t his fault.

So, are you saying it's Richard M Nixons fault like Brandon Johnson claims?

 

[dgordo]

So, are you saying it's Richard M Nixons fault like Brandon Johnson claims?

No, not all.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called out for not being in town during the violent Chicago shootings on July 4th.

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[OutbackBowl2017]

Gotta blame someone or something. It’s the American way of doing things. That old Tricky Dick!!

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Gotta blame someone or something. It’s the American way of doing things. That old Tricky Dick!!

It's more like the way certain groups of people blame everyone but themselves for their lot in life.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

No, not all.

I think you live in the area? Id be interested in your opinion of what really is the problem if you care to share.

 

[IACub]

I was told this was all Obama's fault.

 

[MichaelKeller99]

Dems are finally blaming problems on someone other than Donny.

Baby steps.

 

[GOHOX69]

The nyc mayor is even more mentally challenged.

 

[dgordo]

I think you live in the area? Id be interested in your opinion of what really is the problem if you care to share.

So many issues involved.

The state’s attorney doesn’t want to prosecute anyone

The cops know that so they don’t arrest anyone

Crappy schools

Generational poverty

Easy access to guns

Gangs

Lack of jobs for people without a college or even high school education

Lack of community investment

I could go on and on.

The reality is most crimes are committed by a very small group of people. While you’ll never be able to totally solve the problem without addressing all these issues you need to start by arresting criminals, prosecuting criminals and incarcerating criminals.

 

[dgordo]

The nyc mayor is even more mentally challenged.

Totally disagree. He’s not great but Brandon Johnson makes him look like a Johns Hopkins grad.

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Nixon?? Meh. Every thinking person obviously knows the violence in Chicago is Millard Fillmore's fault.

Damn Whigs!

 

[cigaretteman]

After more than 100 people were shot in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson held a news conference during which he hardened his stance on gun violence, saying “there will be consequences.”

In response to a question about gunshots in his own neighborhood, the mayor touched on the root causes of violence — particularly the correlation between poverty and violence.

Out of that tangent came a viral tweet in which The Blaze, a conservative media outlet, incorrectly said Johnson “blames President Richard Nixon for the violence in his city.”





The tweet, with nearly a million views, caught the attention of the Richard Nixon Foundation, which operates the former president’s library and museum.

“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 as a preamble to a series of tweets defending Nixon’s record.


Other conservative media outlets, including Fox News and the Washington Examiner, picked up the story.

“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson bizarrely blames Richard Nixon for surging gun violence,” read the New York Post’s online headline.


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.”

The foundation’s post on X has garnered over a million views and thousands of interactions, with Nixon supporters jumping to the former president’s defense.

But although Johnson is a self-described progressive Democrat, he has been decidedly bipartisan when criticizing those he argues are responsible for creating an atmosphere that has allowed violence to flourish.

In a news conference in June, the mayor pointed to the “failures of previous administrations” of Chicago mayors, who he argued “have been intentional about leaving our communities behind.”


“This crisis did not show up with simply a bullet,” Johnson said in June. “This crisis showed up when previous administrations decided to give up on these communities.”

Chicago has been ruled by Democratic mayors since 1931.

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

Richard Nixon defenders piled onto the Chicago mayor after a conservative media outlet clipped a comment Johnson made at a news conference addressing Fourth of July weekend violence.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[RicoSuave102954]

After more than 100 people were shot in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson held a news conference during which he hardened his stance on gun violence, saying “there will be consequences.”

In response to a question about gunshots in his own neighborhood, the mayor touched on the root causes of violence — particularly the correlation between poverty and violence.

Out of that tangent came a viral tweet in which The Blaze, a conservative media outlet, incorrectly said Johnson “blames President Richard Nixon for the violence in his city.”





The tweet, with nearly a million views, caught the attention of the Richard Nixon Foundation, which operates the former president’s library and museum.

“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 as a preamble to a series of tweets defending Nixon’s record.


Other conservative media outlets, including Fox News and the Washington Examiner, picked up the story.

“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson bizarrely blames Richard Nixon for surging gun violence,” read the New York Post’s online headline.


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.”

The foundation’s post on X has garnered over a million views and thousands of interactions, with Nixon supporters jumping to the former president’s defense.

But although Johnson is a self-described progressive Democrat, he has been decidedly bipartisan when criticizing those he argues are responsible for creating an atmosphere that has allowed violence to flourish.

In a news conference in June, the mayor pointed to the “failures of previous administrations” of Chicago mayors, who he argued “have been intentional about leaving our communities behind.”


“This crisis did not show up with simply a bullet,” Johnson said in June. “This crisis showed up when previous administrations decided to give up on these communities.”

Chicago has been ruled by Democratic mayors since 1931.

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

Richard Nixon defenders piled onto the Chicago mayor after a conservative media outlet clipped a comment Johnson made at a news conference addressing Fourth of July weekend violence.

chicago.suntimes.com

The blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of every Chicago Mayor since 1931

 

[Rifler]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called out for not being in town during the violent Chicago shootings on July 4th.

Seems like the intelligent choice...