@mattragland All those points hit! Fellow dad of 4 here, nodding along. Now throw church planting into the mix. As a co-vocational pastor at a Christian nonprofit while building a new congregation, your 6:00 AM wake-up sounds like sleeping in. 4:00 AM just to steal a head start on the chaos.
I want Brandon Johnson to debate me.
I WANT BRANDON JOHNSON AND THOSE DISGRACEFUL ALDERMEN WHO KEEP BACKING HIM TO LOOK ME IN MY FACE AND TELL ME CRIME IS DOWN, and answer for all the lies they’re going around spewing.
I’m the only candidate who can argue this with HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.
Tell me that.
I’ve been in every meeting. I’ve been in these streets. I LIVE WHERE THE VIOLENCE IS TAKING PLACE. I’ve been talking about the bloodshed and devastating violence happening in our communities.
Chicago has already experienced 19 MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2026. And in Washington Park, 15 PEOPLE WERE SHOT,one person was killed and 14 others were wounded. It was Chicago’s LARGEST MASS SHOOTING OF THE YEAR at that point.
NOW LOOK ME IN MY FACE AND TELL ME CRIME IS DOWN.
I want Brandon Johnson to answer for what HE told BLACK CHICAGOANS.
He specifically talked about BLACK FAMILIES being pushed out of Chicago and campaigned on NOT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES.
SO WHAT CHANGED?
How do you tell Black Chicagoans that rising costs and property taxes are helping push us out of the city, and then turn around and propose a nearly $300 MILLION PROPERTY-TAX INCREASE, while continuing to push to spend billions funding the illegal-alien free lifestyle?
LOOK ME IN MY FACE AND EXPLAIN THAT.
I WANT ANSWERS about the BILLIONS spent responding to the illegal-alien scam while Chicagoans citizens are homeless, seniors are struggling to keep their homes, longtime citizens and small businesses are being crushed by PROPERTY TAXES and HIGH TAXES, and he continues creating NEW WAYS TO TAX hardworking citizens.
WHY ARE CHICAGOANS ALWAYS ASKED TO PAY MORE WHILE GETTING LESS?
I want him to answer for the Black women who came to City Hall fighting for their property, and HE IGNORED US.
I want him to answer for how he ignored Black families who were homeless and came to City Hall asking him for help.
I EXPERIENCED THAT FIRSTHAND. I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE HE IGNORED.
And I especially want answers about CONGRESS.
When Brandon Johnson went before Congress, there were major questions he could not answer, including questions about the total cost of Chicago’s spending on the illegal-alien crisis that taxpayers paid for.
When I went before Congress, I CAME PREPARED. I could answer the questions and speak about what I had witnessed and what Chicagoans were experiencing.
So yes, I WANT THE DEBATE.
LOOK ME IN MY FACE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
Because those talking points might get past somebody else.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAST COMMON SENSE CARTER.
YOU SAID IT TO BLACK CHICAGOANS.
NOW ANSWER TO BLACK CHICAGOANS.
Since you’re going around pandering, crying “Black Power,” and playing the victim because you’re Black, ANSWER TO ALL CHICAGO CITIZENS.
And to the people RUNNING FOR MAYOR, I want to know,
WHAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED?
Where were you?
Why didn’t you fight with the citizens when WE WERE AT CITY HALL FOR YEARS FIGHTING?
Where do you live?
How can you speak on OUR EXPERIENCE when you don’t live where we live or experience what we experience?
That includes Brandon Johnson.
I LIVE WHERE YOU LIVE. MY EXPERIENCE IS YOUR EXPERIENCE.
So before anybody running for mayor starts telling Chicagoans what they’re going to do, I want to know
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE CITIZENS WERE ALREADY FIGHTING?
Why haven't you done it?
DANIELLE CARTER-WALTERS FOR MAYOR 2027 🇺🇸
https://t.co/FRBcC9YivY
CHICAGOANS FIRST.
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